Montana Osprey Project

‘Front Row Center’ host Lauren Korn speaks with ecologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Montana Erick Greene. The two talk about the Montana Osprey Project; the Hellgate Osprey Cam, featuring Iris (as well as her mate, Clark, and chick, Wensi); and a Q&A event taking place online on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 11 a.m. Mountain Time.

Iris the Osprey is a world-famous bird who’s nested along Missoula’s Clark Fork River for most of her long life. She’s also a longtime participant in research tracking mining pollution in the river. After more than a decade, the latest data on the health of the river is expected soon.

This spring, thousands of people around the world tuned in to watch one of the world’s oldest known ospreys celebrate a long-awaited milestone in Missoula.

It’s been a bad year for osprey after record flooding in some parts of Northwest Montana. That’s according to the scientists and educators with the…