Last week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) provided notice to the public that is ready to perform environmental reviews of the proposed Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project, sited at the Beaverhead River’s headwaters outside Dillon, MT. Deadline Anyone interested in providing…
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Riverside Water & Sewer District’s Failing Treatment System
This September 2015 DEQ issued a Violation Letter to the Riverside Water & Sewer District because its old wastewater treatment system has completely failed and is directly discharging polluting wastewater into local groundwater adjacent the E Gallatin River without a…
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…
Lawsuit Challenges Pollution Loopholes & Exemptions in New, Federal Clean Water Rule
For Immediate Release, July 22, 2015 Contact: Guy Alsentzer, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, 406-570-2202, guy@uppermissouriwaterkeeper.org Tina Posterli, Waterkeeper Alliance, 516-526-9371, tposterli@waterkeeper.org Adam Keats, Center for Food Safety, 415-826-2770, akeats@centerforfoodsafety.org Brett Hartl, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 817-8121, bhartl@biologicaldiversity.org Lawsuit Challenges Pollution…