School Resources

To request any of the following resources or to arrange a presentation at a local school, contact Kathy Coleman at (406) 444-0205, or e-mail at nrdp@mt.gov.

Clark Fork Watershed Education Program

In 2004, the Natural Resource Damage Program funded a Montana Tech proposal to implement the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP). This project uses Silver Bow Creek and the Clark Fork River as large-scale outdoor laboratories for a field science program that incorporates classroom and field work. CFWEP works with students and their teachers to foster environmental stewardship and science-based decision making. For additional information on the project, see the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program website.

Upper Clark Fork River Basin Educational Multimedia Project

The Upper Clark Fork River Basin Remediation and Restoration Advisory Council completed an educational multimedia project. The compact disc (CD) contains movies, video, and recent and historic photos of the basin. It was designed for primary through middle school audiences throughout the basin to increase awareness of historic and current activities affecting the natural resources of the area. The CD provides specific information on various locations in the basin including Butte, the Berkley Pit, Anaconda, Warm Springs and Milltown.

Upper Clark Fork Watershed Teaching Trunk

The teaching trunk supplements the Upper Clark Fork River Basin Educational Multimedia Project. It provides additional hands-on classroom activities and information for middle school teachers. The trunk contains a variety of items including:

• The Summer Ride – a fictional account of a turn of the 20th Century tour of the Upper Clark Fork, written exclusively for the trunk with a 4th-6th grade audience in mind
• Individual community resource binders for Butte, Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Phillipsburg, Milltown and Missoula
• General resource binders – for teachers to add to their knowledge about the Upper Clark Fork Watershed
• Curriculum – ready-to-implement lessons. Eight science and six social studies lessons with suggested readings and/or video clips, along with correlations to state standards for curriculum goals
• Maps
• Videos

The trunk is shipped free of charge to schools.