For the past 5 years Upper Missouri Waterkeeper has defended the scope of legal protections for headwater streams in Montana, arguing science – not politics – is the lawful baseline. The federal Clean Water Act is a crucial piece of…
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Looking Ahead: River Protection in Montana 2021 & Beyond
The Upcoming Biden Presidency Offers An Opportunity to Increase Protections for Montana’s Rivers and the Businesses & Communities They Support, But, There Is No Guarantee At the same time, Montana just elected an unprecedented number of state public officials –…
Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Millions of Acres of Wetlands, Waterways
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule today rolling back protections for millions of acres of wetlands, vernal pools, and other waterways. The rule opens the door for more pollution and toxic waste dumping in rivers, streams, and…
45 Years of Protecting Clean Water
The Clean Water Act turned 45 today. We’re celebrating. But we’re also mobilizing. Because, despite the progress we have made, our clean water is under attack. The Clean Water Act is visionary. The people who wrote it imagined a time…
Public Talking Points – EPA Regulatory Roll-Back Comments
This year, President Trump issued Executive Order 13777 (‘Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda) demanding that for every new regulation proposed, the government must eliminate two existing rules. On top of trying to remove the regulatory safeguards that industry finds too costly, the…
Cleaning Up Urban Stormwater Pollution
(BOZEMAN, MT) – Upper Missouri Waterkeeper filed a Complaint today, Friday December 30th, 2016, with the Montana 18th District Court challenging the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) new statewide, General Permit for municipal separate storm sewer systems (the MS4…
Update on “Waters of the United States” Litigation
WOTUS UPDATE The “WOTUS” rule, EPA’s and the Army Corps of Engineers’ rule re-defining Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act has been challenged by environmental groups — including Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, the Waterkeeper Alliance, other individual…
Testimony on “Waters of the United States” Rule Before Montana Legislators
On Thursday, September 3, 2015 we provided testimony and answered questions from the Montana Legislature’s Water Policy Committee concerning the EPA and Army Corps’ new “Waters of the United States” rule, AKA the “Clean Water Rule.” Montana’s Legislature convenes biannually…
Sewage Sludge Applications in SW Montana, Summer 2015
The state of Montana has three applications pending to spread sewage sludge on farmlands in SW Montana this summer 2015. One proposed site south of Twin Bridges in the Madison watershed. Click here to read the Madison Sludge Environmental Assessment…
Join Us @ the Moods of the Madison Festival!
We are excited to announce we’re partnering with the 2015 Madison Music Festival to share more information about the Madison Watershed, other SW Montana rivers, and how folks can get involved to help protect these special places! Healthy, clean waterways…