2021 Accomplishments
March 22, 2022
During 2021, the Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group helped implement four new on-the-ground projects. These efforts resulted in nearly $300,000 of local contracts awarded for on-the-ground restoration and supported nearly $68,000 of watershed work completed by other partner organizations working in the watershed with the LCFWG. The LCFWG worked with around 15 landowners (those involved […]
RFP for Beatrice Road Project
December 10, 2021
The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y), in partnership with Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group (LCFWG) and the Lolo National Forest (LNF), is seeking a contractor to provide equipment and labor for a road storage project on Beatrice Creek, outside of Thompson Falls, Montana. This project is expected to be completed in 2022 between July […]
Floodplain Restoration Well Underway in Vermilion River
October 15, 2021
TROUT CREEK – Volunteers are invited to help plant trees and shrubs along the Vermilion River this fall, following the reconstruction of a portion of the river’s floodplain. A 2,400-foot stretch of the river was the site of floodplain reconstruction this summer under a collaborative project of the Kootenai National Forest (KNF), Lower Clark Fork […]
A watershed approach
August 17, 2021
The Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group fills a niche in the tributary watersheds of the lower Clark Fork River, connecting diverse partners, landowners, funders and natural resource managers, in order to accomplish on-the-ground projects that benefit our waterways and the surrounding lands that drain into them. While every organization is unique, the Lower Clark Fork […]
RFP for YPL – Prospect Creek Bank Stabilization Project
June 15, 2021
The Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group (LCFWG), in coordination with the Lolo National Forest and Yellowstone Pipeline Company (YPL), is seeking a contractor to provide equipment, materials, and labor for a bank stabilization project on Prospect Creek, outside of Thompson Falls, Montana. The Prospect Creek Bank Stabilization Project, will stabilize active erosion on a 120-foot […]
Wherever you are, you are in a watershed.
April 26, 2021
By Brita Olson The Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group wants you to know that, wherever you are, you are in a watershed. Whether nestled in an unpopulated valley or right in town, we all share in the stewardship of our landscapes and watershed, an area of land connected by water (such as the Clark Fork […]
RFP for Sims Meander Stream and Floodplain Project – REVISED May 11, 2021
April 23, 2021
The Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group (LCFWG), on behalf of Green Mountain Conservation District, is seeking a qualified contractor to provide equipment, materials and labor for a stream and floodplain enhancement project on the Vermilion River, tributary to the lower Clark Fork River outside of Trout Creek, MT. Due to its importance to native fish […]
Wood is good
March 2, 2021
By Brita Olson Photo credit: Jason Blakney, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks As Sanders County residents continue to recover from January’s severe windstorm, remember that wood is beneficial for our streams and rivers. The storm left many residents with power outages, damaged homes and businesses, and uprooted countless trees. Inevitably, many of these trees have […]
Beartrap road storage benefits fish and wildlife
November 23, 2020
Another project completed in 2020 with partners on the Lolo National Forest was the Beartrap Road Storage Project. Multiple culverts were removed and over 7 miles of road prism were stored (ripped, covered with debris, seeded; left in a hydrologically neutral condition) in the Beartrap Creek drainage, a tributary to Fishtrap Creek outside of Thompson […]
Partners move road away from Fishtrap Creek
September 18, 2020
In July, Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group worked with Elk Creek Contracting and partners to realign stream adjacent road away from Fishtrap Creek on the Lolo National Forest. By moving the junction of the West Fork Fishtrap Creek Road (7609) and Fishtrap Creek Road (516), approximately 600 feet of road was transformed into stream and […]