Clark Fork Coalition

With winter approaching, a creek restoration project is wrapping up in the Bitterroot Mountains. Crossing the finish line was hard won. The project faced mounting challenges from federal funding cuts and layoffs. Uncertainty over federal support adds more hurdles for future improvements.

The freezing and thawing of federal funds under the Trump administration has thrown into question the future of grants money already promised to the state. That money pays for a wide range of work including watershed restoration, reforestation and road maintenance.

The state started new work this week to prevent toxic metals in century-old mine waste from seeping into the Upper Clark Fork River. On a warm August…

A copper mining company and Butte-Silver Bow county agreed this week to a plan to pump more cold, clean water into local creeks. While the company and…

University of Montana ecologists are researching human-made beaver dams as a potential habitat restoration tool. Early case studies show the dams could…

Scientists have long used fish and aquatic insects as ecological indicators to measure the success of the Superfund cleanup from Butte to Missoula. But as…

This spring Missoula celebrated the 10th anniversary of the removal of the Milltown Dam on the Clark Fork river east of town. Now, some people are saying…

Environmentalists are suing the U.S. Forest Service over the agency’s approval of the Montanore Mine near Libby. The lawsuit filed Friday says the…

A revised federal water pollution rule issued today is earning praise from Montana conservationists and condemnation from the agriculture and building…

Governor Steve Bullock's longtime Chief of Staff is leaving and is being replaced by Tracy Stone-Manning, the current Director of the Montana Department…