Reminder: 2021 Season Recap: Montana’s Cold Water Fisheries – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Facebook Live October 6th at 12PM On July 21, 2021 Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, alongside a coalition of over two dozen fly fishing businesses, outfitters,…
Category: Issues
Top 3 Reasons Why Narrative Standards Are Bad For Our Waterways
Narrative nutrient pollution control criteria are problematic for protecting the health of local water quality, yet Governor Gianforte and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality are pushing forward with the implementation of narrative water quality standards in pollution permitting decisions….
Biden Administration Moves Forward with Public Land Oil and Gas Leasing
The Biden Administration’s Department of the Interior recently resumed oil and gas lease sales on public lands after a temporary moratorium on all lease sales earlier in 2021. Despite the Administration’s climate pledge and campaign promise to ban ‘new oil…
“Waters of the United States” Update
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper joined Waterkeeper Alliance and 77 other U.S. Waterkeeper groups in submitting public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to bolster and restore important clean water protections. The comments addressed the “waters…
Trump Administration’s Dirty Water Rule Vacated by Federal Judge
More than half of Montana’s waterways gain renewed, federal protection after ‘Waters of the United States’ rule is thrown out On Monday, a federal judge rightfully abandoned Trump’s Dirty Water Rule that eliminated Clean Water Act protections for thousands of…
State of Montana Moves Forward Implementing Senate Bill 358 in Violation of Federal Law
Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality Fails to Protect Helena’s Waterways While Proposing Unlawful City Wastewater Discharge Permit The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) continues to act in bad faith, implementing narrative nutrient pollution control standards in pollution permits after…
Wealth Before Health: State Regulators Ignoring Big Sky’s Big Pollution Problem
Wealthy Developers Get Categorical Exclusions; Ignoring Cumulative Impacts Polluting Gallatin River Watershed BOZEMAN, MT – Breaking reporting by the HuffPost exposes the growing and unaddressed pollution and nutrient problems degrading Montana’s signature blue-ribbon waterway – the Gallatin River – caused…
Coalition Calls on Governor Gianforte to Form Cold Water Fisheries Task Force
Today, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper submitted a formal letter signed by a broad coalition of Montana fly fishing, outfitters, and lodges, international fly fishing businesses Orvis and Patagonia, and conservation groups requesting Governor Gianforte immediately create a Cold Water Fisheries Task…
Conservation Organizations Challenge Unlawful Big Sky Pollution Permit
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and Montana Environmental Information Center File Suit Against DEQ’s Issuance of Septic Pollution Permit in Big Sky FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 19, 2021 CONTACT: Quincey Johnson, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper (406) 624-9261 BOZEMAN, MT – Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and…
Missouri River Headwaters Sub-Basin Report – Summer 2021
Executive Summary: Waterways across Southwest Montana are facing troubling conditions and unprecedented challenges. From an early June heat wave and drought conditions, to historically low fish counts, to our State repealing numeric nutrient standards and allowing reckless pollution into our…
