Clarkfork River Cleanup

Presentations:

Historical fisheries trends and current state of the fishery:
- Caleb Uerling, MT Fish, Wildlife, & Parks (FWP) fisheries biologist

Causes of the decline and proposed actions:
- Nathan Cook, MT Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP) environmental scientist

Panel Discussion / Q&A with:

Caleb Uerling, FWP
Nathan Cook, NRDP
Sam Carlson, Clark Fork Coalition staff scientist
Jessica Banaszak, MT Dept. of Environmental Quality project mgr.
Travis Schmidt, US Geolog. Survey research ecologist (invited)
Moderated by Casey Hackathorn, Trout Unlimited state director and Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee board chair

February 2025 Superfund Cleanup Update & Public Meeting

CFRTAC joined with DEQ and NRDP to host a public meeting in Feb. 2025 about the status of cleanup activities in Phase 7 near Racetrack Pond, which got underway in January 2025. Attendees also heard updates on progress toward cleanup at Arrowstone Park, and about the recent decline in the brown trout fishery in the Upper Clark Fork. Learn more about this meeting here.

June 25, 2024 Clark Fork River Cleanup Tour Photo Album

Thanks to everyone who attended the June 25, 2024 tour! We visited Phase 7 near Racetrack Pond (where cleanup will begin this fall - see Status page) and Phase 4, an upstream site where cleanup was just completed.

See below for photos from the day, and if you have more questions or comments about the tour or the cleanup, please drop us a line!

WTF: Where are The Fish?? May 14, 2025 public meeting

Wed. May 14 ~ Powell County Community Center ~ Deer Lodge

WTF: WHERE ARE THE FISH??

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