by Sam Dwyer I’ve spent 94.9% of my life in Montana, but a few years ago I had an opportunity to work at an international school in the Middle East. When I moved to Oman, one of the most striking cultural differences wasn’t the Arabic language or the abayas—there…

Above: Alvi-Beck site in October 2021 after installation of rock riffle diversion and…

GUEST OPINION by Jeffrey Stiffarm, Kathi Slora, Jim Nash, Dave Lyman, and Debbie Lyman After we read Jerry Bennett’s recent guest opinion, “Montana DEQ did the right thing on Hecla mining proposal” (Helena Independent Record, Dec. 7, 2021), we couldn’t help but wonder, “right for whom?” The Department of Environmental…

Summary of the 2021 field season of the Montana Beaver Conflict Resolution Program by Anne Greene During the 2021 field season, Elissa Chott was busy as a beaver. It’s hard to avoid the comparison since Elissa is the beaver specialist with the Montana Beaver Conflict Resolution Program, a partnership…

Nutrient Pollution in Waterways Set to Worsen Click for enlarged view and links. You might remember that around this time last year we asked for your help in fighting legislation that would abandon longstanding science-based and data-driven methods of preventing…

Flynn-Lowney ditch. photo credit TOM BAUER, Missoulian Clark Fork Coalition is proud to be one of the City of Missoula’s original partners in the acquisition of the Flynn-Lowney ditch. We  are looking forward to the next steps on this…