Funded Restoration Projects

Through December 2007, the governor of Montana has approved 72 Upper Clark Fork River Basin restoration projects for funding totaling $66,158,645. These projects will:

• restore aquatic and riparian habitat along 13 miles of Silver Bow Creek in coordination with Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) remediation activities
• restore the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers at and around the Milltown Dam site to nature free-flowing streams, restore the aquatic and terrestrial resources at the site, and replace the Bonner Pedestrian Bridge
• replace about 27 miles of leaking public water supply lines servicing Anaconda and Butte residents, saving millions of gallons of water
• rehabilitate a 1,115 acre-foot drinking water reservoir and replace a 2.5 million gallon drinking-water storage tank for Butte residents
• acquire, through fee-title or easement, about 17,100 acres of quality fish and wildlife habitat in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin for resource protection and public enjoyment
• restore aquatic and riparian habitat along approximately 65 miles of tributary streams in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin
• create 9.5 miles of greenway trail along restored Silver Bow Creek and German Gulch
• educate Basin school children and teachers about restoration (34 schools)
• improve upland wildlife habitat through off-stream water development and prescribed grazing projects covering 58,630 acres in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin
• assess future water system needs for the City of Butte
• map wetland and riparian areas in the eastern half of the Basin