Two Years After Calling for a Cold Water Fisheries Task Force, Southwest MT Trout Populations Fall to Historic Lows

You don’t have to look far to see that Southwest Montana’s world-renowned wild trout fisheries have been on the decline for the past several years. A suite of troubling conditions – low snowpack and dewatered rivers, nutrient pollution driven noxious…

Comments on Beaverhead Hydroelectric Proposal

Nearly 200 Comments Submitted to FERC – Protect the Beaverhead! For years there’s been a proposal to turn Clark Canyon Dam, the headwaters of the Beaverhead, into a hydroelectric facility.  This February 2016 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) solicited public comment on the…

Last Day to Comment on Beaverhead Hydroelectric Proposal, March 24th

The Beaverhead hydroelectric proposal lacks meaningful consideration of local water pollution events: tell FERC to protect downstream river health There is currently a proposal to turn Clark Canyon Dam, the headwaters of the Beaverhead, into a hydroelectric facility.  The proposal requires a…