Valiton Ditch Split Season Lease Three landowners are working with us to reduce late season water use on the mainstem Clark Fork. They lease CFC their water right from mid-July through August and cease irrigation if flows reach… Water Management Water Monitoring Adequate Flow Flood and Drought Climate Change Ecosystem Health Vulnerable Wildlife Upper Clark Fork
Clean Smurfit Now The Smurfit-Stone pulp mill operated on the banks of the Clark Fork River near Frenchtown from 1957 to 2010, discharging enormous amounts of wastewater into the river. More than a decade after the mill closed, the 3,200-acre industrial site is still leaching harmful chemicals into the river and our aquifer. Advocacy Superfund Vigilance Research Education Community Programs Pollution Flood and Drought Ecosystem Health Middle Clark Fork
Stonewall Creek We permanently acquired 5 cfs of water rights that reconnect Stonewall Creek to the Blackfoot River year round. The creek supports native westslope cutthroat and brown trout. Water Management Water Monitoring Wildlife Coexistence Adequate Flow Climate Change Flood and Drought Ecosystem Health Vulnerable Wildlife Blackfoot
Keep Cool Creek We permanently acquired 5 cfs of water rights that reconnect Keep Cool Creek to the Blackfoot River year round. Water Management Water Monitoring Wildlife Coexistence Adequate Flow Climate Change Flood and Drought Ecosystem Health Vulnerable Wildlife Blackfoot
Poorman Creek We permanently acquired 18 cfs of water rights that reconnect Poorman Creek to the Blackfoot River year round. Water Management Water Monitoring Wildlife Coexistence Adequate Flow Climate Change Flood and Drought Blackfoot
West Fork Lee Creek Road Decommissioning and Fish Passage Stream Restoration Wildlife Coexistence Pollution Climate Change Flood and Drought Ecosystem Health Vulnerable Wildlife Bitterroot
Granite Creek Restoration To improve fish passage and reduce chronic stream sedimentation, we upgraded eight undersized culverts along Granite Creek Road. We also installed wood jams in the creek and reclaimed more than ten miles of unneeded forest roads. These projects decrease sedimentation, improve… Stream Restoration Wildlife Coexistence Pollution Adequate Flow Climate Change Flood and Drought Vulnerable Wildlife Bitterroot
East Fork Lolo Creek Restoration On the East Fork Lolo Creek, we installed wood jams into the stream to create complex aquatic habitat and help filter and trap sediment. We also re-naturalized unused forest roads to decrease sources of sediment washing into the stream. Clark Fork Coalition has worked in the Upper Lolo… Wildlife Coexistence Stream Restoration Pollution Climate Change Ecosystem Health Vulnerable Wildlife Flood and Drought Bitterroot
Milltown Dam Removal For 100 years, Milltown Dam blocked the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers near Missoula, trapping toxic sediments that washed down from mines in Butte and contaminating local drinking water wells. Advocacy Stream Restoration Superfund Vigilance Ecosystem Health Recreation Flood and Drought Pollution Bitterroot Middle Clark Fork
