Scoping Comments on Proposed Black Butte Mine DEQ has begun the process of drafting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Black Butte Copper Project. We recently submitted comments regarding scoping (the initial process of determining what issues should be studied…
The reality of living in Bozeman today is that the landscape is constantly changing with growth, sprawl, and expansion. There are several environmental non-profits that are actively working to protect our natural resources from irresponsible development. Upper Missouri Waterkeeper is…
Too often we separate what happens in our rivers from the lives we live on land. The things we do here on land—drive, build, farm—have a big impact on our rivers and wetlands. Clean, healthy riparian areas, rivers, and wetlands…
Citizens are one of a nation’s greatest resources for enforcing environmental laws and regulations. We know the country’s land, natural attributes, and values more intimately than government ever will. A bird-watcher walking in the woods sees chemical waste flowing through a…
Last week we submitted technical comments to the Montana Board of Environmental Review opposing the Dept. of Environmental Quality’s draft new ‘variance’ rule allegedly implementing Senate Bill 325 of the 2015 Legislative Session. Click here to read our technical…
Did you know the largest industrial-scale slaughterhouse in the Pacific Northwest is proposed for just south of Great Falls? WHO: In late summer 2017 the Cascade County Planning Division received a Special Use Permit application to allow Madison Food Park, LLC to operate a…
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, Inc. is exclusively focused on protecting and improving waterways and community health throughout Montana’s Upper Missouri River Basin.
We use a combination of strong science, community action, and legal expertise to defend the Upper Missouri River, its tributaries, and communities against threats to clean water and healthy rivers.
We work with communities and citizens to take a strong stance on the hard issues – to defend our waterways and communities from projects that would do harm, and to fight for and secure new regulations and protections that will provide critical defense and progress in the future.
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, Inc. enforces the Clean Water Act via citizen action lawsuits on behalf of its members.
We’re tackling complex issues like stormwater runoff permits, nutrient pollution, and outdated pollution prevention rules.
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, Inc. is the only organization monitoring the breadth of the Upper Missouri River Basin for pollution.
