Beaverhead River Suffers Pollution Event for Second Consecutive Summer For the second summer in a row the Beaverhead River became markedly cloudy and its banks and back eddies were covered in intense algal blooms, including toxic blue-green algae above and…
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Public Mtg About Upper Beaverhead Summer 2015 Conditions
Taking Steps to Address Water Quality Concerns on the Upper Beaverhead River In late summer of 2014, the water of the Upper Beaverhead River became markedly cloudy – or turbid. Biologists took note and monitored the conditions, and the river…