Once upon a time

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The Milltown Dam
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Milltown Dam Tying it All
Together
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What is a Watershed?

• A drainage basin funneling all its water into a
  network of streams that all flow to a larger body
  of water.

The Upper Clark Fork drainage is a sub-drainage
to the Columbia River, which eventually ends up
in the Pacific Ocean.
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RECALL What Happened in Our Watershed?
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RECALL What Happened in Our Watershed?
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RECALL What Happened in Our Watershed?
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RECALL What Happened in Our Watershed?
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RECALL What Happened in Our Watershed?
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Clark Fork Basin Superfund Area
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Remediation
Cleaning up impacted areas to a certain legal
standard to protect public health and the
environment.
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Restoration
Returning impacted ecosystems to a healthy
baseline condition.
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How long does restoration take?
Before
Four Years After
During Construction
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Connecting Where we live with How we live
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Education
Insert your school mascot here!
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Research Using Science to Quantify and
Understand Change
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Sediments Clark Fork vs. Blackfoot
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Restoration - Its not just a word, its a Mission
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Silver Bow Watershed Restoration Mission Statement

• In the 21st Century, the Silver Bow Creek
  Watershed is a vibrant place to live, work and
  recreate. The watershed is protected from
  adverse impacts of mining contamination. The
  restored watershed supports viable,
  self-sustaining communities of fish, wildlife and
  vegetation and high-quality water resources.
  Native species are maintained and restored where
  practicable. The watersheds healthy ecosystem
  provides for quality education and balanced
  recreation, contributing to a diverse and
  sustainable economy, improved aesthetics and
  community well-being. Stable and healthy local
  communities of informed citizens actively protect
  the watersheds resources.

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Whose Mission is it?
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YOURS, MINEOURS
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What can I do to help?

• Make scientific observations and record them
• Do a science project help spread scientific
  literacy!
• Stay informed about what is being done read
  newspapers, visit restoration sites
• Talk to people about the watershed and about what
  you observe there
• Go to public meetings, listen, and eventually
  speak up

WE MUST BE SCIENTIFICALLY LITERATE AND EDUCATED
ABOUT OUR PLACE.
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Credits

• CFWEP curriculum materials developed by the Clark
  Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP), with
  support from the Montana Natural Resource Damages
  Program (NRDP) Montana Tech of the University of
  Montana the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology,
  the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI)
  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  Butte-Silver Bow County Powell County the
  School Districts of Silver Bow, Deer Lodge,
  Powell, Granite, Lewis and Clark and Missoula
  counties Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP)
  and the Montana Department of Environmental
  Quality (DEQ).
• CFWEP Director Matt Vincent
• CFWEP Curriculum Coordinator Rayelynn Connole
• CFWEP Program Specialist Arlene Alvarado
• CFWEP Field Coordinator Jen Titus
• CFWEP Communications Coordinator Justin Ringsak
• CFWEP Administrative Associate Theresa Seccomb
• Milltown Contributing Authors University of
  Montana Environmental Studies graduate students
  Amy Edgerton, Kathryn Makarowski and Kelley
  Garrison University of Montana History
  undergraduate student Charles Larson and Montana
  NRDPs Doug Martin, who provided valuable
  expertise and feedback on draft curriculum
  documents.
• Thanks to Amy Verlanic, Bernice Phelps, Dick
  Gibson, Chad Okrusch, Pam Roberts, Edwin Dobb,
  the CFWEP Advisory Board, all the public and
  private schools/school districts in the target
  communities of Butte, Ramsay, Anaconda, Deer
  Lodge, Drummond, Hall, Philipsburg, Powell County
  (Garrison, Gold Creek, Avon, Elliston, Helmville
  and Ovando), Clinton, Bonner, Lincoln and
  Potomac Working Waters Consortium About PLACE!
  World Museum of Mining Montana Mind Expansion
  (MoMEx) Butte Chamber of Commerce Berkeley Pit
  Education Advisory Committee Butte Restoration
  Alliance Citizens Technical Advisory Committee
  George Grant Chapter of Trout Unlimited Greenway
  Service District Butte-Silver Bow Arts
  Foundation Butte Chapter of the Institute of
  Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
  Silver Bow and Sunrise Kiwanis Butte Rotary
  Club Butte Exchange Club Anaconda-Deer Lodge
  City-County Opportunity Citizens Protection
  Association (OCPA) Anaconda Hearst Free Library
  Browns Gulch Watershed Committee Watershed
  Restoration Coalition City of Deer Lodge Powell
  County City of Drummond Blackfoot Chapter of
  Trout Unlimited Blackfoot Challenge Garnet
  Ghost Town Preservation Society Clark Fork
  Coalition Clark Fork River Technical Assistance
  Committee (CFRTAC) Westslope Chapter of Trout
  Unlimited Pat Barnes Chapter of Trout Unlimited
  Watershed Education Network (WEN) Missoula
  County Health Department Missoula Natural
  History Center Western Montana Professional
  Educational Resources (WMPER) Natural Resource
  Damage Program Department of Environmental
  Quality Department of Natural Resources and
  Conservation Fish, Wildlife and Parks Office of
  the Governor Department of Transportation
  Office of Public Instruction Montana Trout
  Unlimited University of Montana UM-Center for
  Riverine Science and Stream Renaturalization
  UM-Avian Science Center University of
  Montana-Western Montana State University
  MSU-Reclamation Research Unit MSU-Billings
  Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes
  Salish-Kootenai College Montana Watercourse,
  Project WET Montana Environmental Education
  Association Montana Educators Association
  Montana Small Schools Alliance Montana Trout
  Montana Wilderness Association U.S. Forest
  Service Bureau of Land Management U.S. Fish and
  Wildlife Service Department of the
  Interior-National Park Service (Grant-Kohrs
  Ranch) NRCS National Science Foundation
  ARCO-BP Bob Ward and Sons, Fran Johnsons, Great
  Harvest, Town Pump Montana Resources Pioneer
  Technical Water and Environmental Technologies
  MSE/MERDI Project Green HKM TREC Gibson
  Consulting Northwestern Energy PPL Montana
  Standard Ueland Ranches Bighorn Environmental
  Kirk Environmental CDM Rarus Railway Rock
  Creek Cattle Company Go Bird Montana Rhithron
  Associates Bill Ohrmann Museum Rocky Mountain
  Elk Foundation World Federation of Flyfishers
  River Network Ducks Unlimited Planting Science
  Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science
  (COPUS) Ocean Conservancy Mike Bader
  Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
  (FNAWS)Sierra Club. and to the many, many
  volunteers, teachers, students and contributors
  who make this project possible.
• Photos/Graphics produced by CFWEP unless
  otherwise noted.
• www.cfwep.org