Thank you, river stewards!

With your help, the 2021 Clark Fork River Cleanup was a HUGE success! The 2021 Clark Fork River Cleanup is in the books, and thanks to you, it was one of the most impactful river cleanups we've ever hosted! During one amazing week in April HUNDREDS of you volunteered (including…

Winter Forecast:
Recorded Presentation

Winter Weather Forecast: Recording available! If you missed our Dec. 15 Winter Weather Virtual Happy Hour discussion with Missoula National Weather Service meteorologist, Corby Dickerson, you can find the recording HERE. You'll also hear from local climate expert, Nick Silverman, and CFC Restoration specialist and in-house weather geek, Alex Leone,…

Good Medicine at Milltown

Like most of you, we’re following a shelter-in-place order, closely tracking the news, and working from home. It’s a surreal, unsettling time. Yet it’s clear from all the acts of kindness going on around us – from volunteers delivering donated food to people in need, to colleges making courses freely available…

2020 Board of Directors Ballot

The Clark Fork Coalition board of directors is pleased to nominate three outstanding candidates, Tim Flynn, Wendy Morris, and Brent Taylor for election to the board by our members. Five board members, Justin Angle, Nick Babson, Monte Mills, Lexie Moran, and Andy Puckett, are up for re-election. The CFC board has open…

Life in the EnergyCorps

By Heather Leach I spent my summer in Lolo National Forest camping out most nights and exploring the streams and waterways nearby, all as part of an AmeriCorps service term with Montana Conservation Corps. I was a Middle School Crew Leader and our project for the summer was surveying for…

Trash Talk – Are River Cleanups the Solution?

By Erika Berglund Let’s talk about trash. It may be a less than desirable topic, but what is far more undesirable is the trash itself. It’s piling up in our landfill, it’s littering our river, and it’s threatening our future prosperity. The time is now to reconsider our wasteful ways…

Reflections on Milltown Dam

Dr. Chris Brick reflects on the removal of the Milltown Dam. Chris was the CFC Science Director from 2001 until 2017. Some of us were hoping for dynamite, but Milltown Dam didn’t go out with a bang. Instead, on a cold, blustery March day ten years ago, an excavator slowly scooped an…

You Make the Difference

Your support truly makes a difference for the Clark Fork River and is essential to its recovery. If you’d like to make a year-end gift to do even more, or would like to give the gift of clean water click here. CLEAN. CONNECTED. PROTECTED. Three simple words. But three words that have enormous…

What’s going on with the weather?

After a winter that featured frigid temperatures and above-average snowpack, and a spring that was marked by high streamflows and a lengthy runoff, western Montana is now roiling under one its hottest and driest summers on record. The aptly termed “flash drought” has devastated locations throughout the state, impacting agricultural…

Thank You!

Do you have any idea how much you did for Montana’s rivers and streams this year? Just to be sure you understand the power of your support, we wanted to give you the highlights from 2016. Thank you for making all of this possible! Your support truly makes a difference for the Clark Fork River…