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20 days. 1 driftboat. 320 miles.

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In 2009, Clark Fork Coalition board member Daniel Kiely and fishing guide John Havlik floated the length of the Clark Fork River, starting at Racetrack Creek near Butte, and taking out 320 miles downriver at Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho.  The Clark Fork 320 was an incredible celebration of a river on the rebound.  Download an account of the journey on the 320 blog.

Thank you to the many friends and communities along the way and behind the scenes who helped make it happen:

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Daniel Kiely - John Havlik - Josh Lauer - Scott Anderson, John Perry's MT Fly Fishing - Nick and Mary Babson - Trent Baker - Sarah Bates - John Beighle - Sebastian and Linda Black, Paradise Raft Rental - Commissioner Bill Carey - Commissioner Jean Curtiss - Black Diamond - Tommy Boyle - Attorney General Steve Bullock - Brian Burky, Avista - Caroline Byrd - Clackacraft - Jeff Crouch - Culligan - Jon and Karen Driessen - Renee and Huxster Driessen - Mayor John Engen - Stuart & Mindy Goldberg - John Gould, Double Up Outfitters - Chief Executive Becky Guay & Doug Buskirk - Casey Hackathorne, Missoula Valley Outfitters - Hal Harper - Marcy Hikida - Fred & Karen Hollon - Ryan Huckeby - Matt Jones - Shelly Jones - George Kesel, Kesel's Four Rivers - Kettlehouse Brewing - Brian Kevin - Kay Kiely - Don King - Kingfisher - John Kingsley - Kattie Kingsley - Rich Landers - Commissioner Michelle Landquist - David Lee, John Perry's MT Fly Fishing - Jack Mauer, Wapiti Waters - Joe Maurier - Montana Fly Co. - Jason Morrisson, 5 Rock MS Angus Ranch - Peter Nielsen - Susan and Roy O'Connor - The Orvis Company - John Page - Patagonia - John Perry - Ron Pierce - Cindy & Harry Poett - Andy Puckett - Brian & Joann Rapp - Rockin' Rudy's - Paul Roos & Carolyn Laws-Roos - Gov. Brian Schweitzer - Chris Siegler - John Snively - Steve Snyders & Adam York, Sublime Public Relations - Stephen Speckart - Tribal Chairman James Steele, Jr. - Joe Sowerby - 10,000 Waves - Temple Fork Outfitters - The Trailhead - Mike Volesky - VW Ice - Karl Westenfelder - Germaine White - Harry Wilson - R.L. Winston Rod Co. - Worden's Market

320 miles. 20 days. 1 river.

The Clark Fork 320

The Clark Fork 320 Print E-mail

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Download the 320 map as a PDF

In 2009, two men floated the length of the Clark Fork from its headwaters near Butte, Montana, to its terminus at Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho.  The Clark Fork 320 showcased not only the many ways the river is bouncing back, but also launched the Clark Fork Coalition's new stream restoration program, the Vital Rivers Initiative.

The Vital Rivers Initiative will build networks and technical capacity among our partners, with the goal of repairing degraded tributaries in the upper Clark Fork from Racetrack to Rock Creek.  This Vital Headwaters Initiative will be carefully coordinated to augment the government’s Superfund cleanup project focused on the main stem of the river, and geared toward creating long-term resilience in feeder creeks and streams to the impacts of climate change and urbanization.

We believe a network-based approach will add much-needed ecological value to cleanup, boost the region’s rural restoration economy, broaden landowner participation in the Superfund project, and create a model for community-driven, watershed-wide revitalization.