IIf you want to comment on the state’s draft proposal for spending Natural Resource Damage Program money, the document is available at: www.doj.mt.gov/lands/naturalresource or from the NRDP at 444-0205. Written comments may be sent to the Natural Resource Damage Program, Box 201425, Helena, MT 59620-1425, faxed to 444-0236 or e-mailed to nrdp@mt.gov. The deadline for comments is Aug. 15.

Applications for grant proposals to restore the Upper Clark Fork River Basin are available from the Natural Resource Damage Program. Visit the NRDP website for more info.

 

CFWEP UPDATES

Learn about CFWEP's newest professional development opportunity for Montana 3rd-6th grade teachers by clicking here (pdf).

Employment Opportunity: CFWEP seeks Program Specialist. Full announcement available by clicking here (pdf).

07.02.08:
The CFWEP is seeking volunteers to assist in gathering willow cuttings in the Butte area on Monday, July 7 from 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. Willow cuttings will be used as art materials for Family Area Activities at the 2008 National Folk Festival in Butte. We will provide volunteers with all necessary equipment for cutting and collecting willows. To sign-up, or for more information, contact Justin Ringsak, CFWEP, 406-496-4897, jringsak@mtech.edu. Thanks!
CFWEP is expanding our online presence to Facebook. Visit CFWEP's Facebook page by clicking here. Our Facebook site will serve as our future repository for new CFWEP photos, and offers a good way for interested folks to stay up on the latest and greatest from CFWEP.
New resource documents and weblinks from the 2008 Teachers Academy have been posted under Watershed Science>Resource Materials from the CFWEP Teachers Academy.
The Clark Fork Restoration News page has been updated.

06.26.08:
With the support of the Montana Tech Foundation, CFWEP is now able to accept online donations. To give to CFWEP, click here, or use the handy "Donate Now" button at the top right of this page.

06.10.08:
A new guest entry from oceanographer Wallace J. Nichols has been added to the CFWEP blog.

06.05.08:
The CFWEP blog has been updated with some thoughts about the significance of the massive 1908 flood for the Clark Fork Basin from our current perspective 100 years later. The flood centennial is also discussed in two excellent stories from The Missoulian you can find on our Restoration News links.

05.30.08: CFWEP recently assisted in the development of a new edition of PitWatch, an informational publication about Butte's Berkeley Pit. Hard-copies are available around Butte, and you can also read PitWatch online at www.pitwatch.org.

05.13.08: Can you tell the difference between a bull trout and a brook trout? Fishing season is on the way, and what better time to learn to identify Montana's signature trout species: click here or visit the CFWEP Blog.

CFWEP Hats Now Available! Show your fashionable support for the Clark Fork Basin. Visit our Support CFWEP: Merchandise page for more information.

 

WHAT IS CFWEP?

The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program is a multi-disciplinary science -outreach program for schools in the Upper Clark Fork Basin of Montana, from Butte to Bonner. The largest Superfund site in the United States also serves as a showcase for environmental understanding, and how a damaged ecosystem can be restored.

WHY WATERSHED SCIENCE EDUCATION?

We live on a planet that is mostly covered with water. Of course, most of that water is salty, and most of the rest is ice and snow. Less than 0.6% of earth’s water is available for humans to use. At CFWEP we study this small amount of water as if our lives depend on it – because they do!   (...read more)

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