Good, clean fun: The annual Clark Fork Kids Float

By Bryce Gray, CFC Intern On July 16, over 50 kids from area shelters and youth homes took part in the annual Clark Fork Kids Float, spending the day taming the whitewater rapids of the Alberton Gorge and having an all-around fun time on the Clark Fork River. With temperatures…

CFC staff gets tour of Jocko River restoration projects

Plunging west from the foot of the Mission Mountains to its confluence with the Flathead River, the Jocko River on the Flathead Reservation covers an approximately 40-mile stretch of archetypal Montana river beauty. Although the river is in fairly good health these days, it faces many of the same challenges…

Conservation biology conference comes to Missoula

By Bryce Gray, CFC intern In mid-July, over 900 distinguished conservation scientists, students and environmental journalists converged on Missoula for the North America Congress of Conservation Biology, hosted this year by the University of Montana. I was fortunate to attend one full day of the conference, and listened to a…