Tell Congress to sustain funding and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund

"Please tell Congress to sustain funding for trout and salmon conservation and to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) What are the issues? Federal budget: conservation programs that benefit trout and salmon are at risk."

Click here to be linked to an email template which is automatically sent to your state's representatives!  This is quick and easy.

If you are not a TU member, just delete that part of the pre-written message.  Also, if you are not a TU member, you should seriously consider becoming one!!

Harold's Club AKA "Milltown Union Bar" closes in Milltown

Harold's Club AKA "Milltown Union Bar" shut down in Milltown, Montana yesterday.  The place has been a blue collar bar for over 100 years.  There is a great Missoulian article in the paper today.

Irrigation in the Bitterroot Tour

Irrigation in the Bitterroot Tour

Tuesday, October 13th    9:00am - 4:00pm

Meet at Bitterroot Valley Board of Realtors Building

224 N 4th St. Hamilton

This tour begins with a classroom introduction to irrigation in Montana and follows with a field trip to Bitter Root Irrigation District and Daly Ditches Irrigation District infrastructure.  Water resource professionals will speak at three different field stops. 

Open to all.  Realtors can gain Continuing Education Credit through attendance.

Registration is free thanks to sponsorship by the Bitterroot Valley Board of Realtors.

For more information or to register call Carolyn at (406-375-2272) or click here.Please register before October 6th.

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Come pick up your Run for the River T-shirt!

T-shirts are in!  Come by our office (in the Forest Service building in Hamilton, 1801 N 1st Street) between 9am-4:30pm for pick up.  Or call us at (406) 375-2272 if you need to make special arrangements.  

The coolest icebox, bull elk, and Mammoth Hot Springs

Derek DeYoung painting on the ice chest at the Gardiner Market

Here's a couple of cool pictures to get you excited about fall (or to waste time at work).

SW Montana bull elk at twilight 

Mammoth Hot Springs under the moon

MT Tech's Restoration Ecology Seminar presents: Rayelynn Connole of CFWEP

Rayelynn Connole's talk is titled "Remedy or Restoration."  The seminar is on the Montana Tech Campus in Butte, Montana in the Chemistry and Biology Building (room 102) today September 16, 2015 @ 4 pm.

This guy sucks...

James Cox Kennedy - Photo From Forbes.com

This Atlanta billionaire has been leading a calculated and well-funded opposition to public access to the Ruby River in Southwest Montana.  So far, he's not done so well. 

Learn more here:

MT Standard article "Hearing set Sept. 21"   

and

"A River Runs Through Cox Land"

  

RBM presents, Death by a Thousand Cuts: Restoring Stream Connectivity and Flows for Native Fish in the Land of Irrigation Diversions

The above picture is a map made by Trout Unlimited of the irrigation diversions in the Little Blackfoot Valley in Montana.  We used this info to perform the Upper Clark Fork Fish Passage Assessment for the MT Natural Resource Damages Program.

Tomorrow at 4:00 pm, I will be giving a public presentation on the conservation and restoration issues posed by the insane amount of irrigation diversions on Montana streams.  The presentation will be in the Chemistry and Biology Building on the Montana Tech campus in Butte, Montana tomorrow, Sept. 9th 2015.  Come and learn how these diversions affect our native fish and how folks are coming together to restore stream connectivity and stop fish entrainment in irrigation ditches.

Browns and Brews Festival in Craig, Montana

"This event is our first brewfest which we hope will become as successful as our Craig Caddis Festival held each May.  This brewfest will have live and silent auctions, to raise money for the betterment or improvement of Craig.  It’s become a busy little town utilized by many people but with few actual residents.  This is the business community’s way of trying to give back to the community." - Montana Brewers Association

Look at the weather forecast!! Bring a raincoat, a box of streamers, and an appetite for beer.  I'll see you there!