Antelope and Wood Creek Riparian Management
Type: Restoration Project
Costs: $10,000
Year(s) Funded: 2001
Status: Completed

The Montana Chapter of Trout Unlimited completed the rehabilitation of overgrazed sections of Antelope Creek and its tributary, Wood Creek, through revegetation and plantings in 2002. The project will improve riparian habitat conditions, stream channel stability and westslope cutthroat trout habitat.

Douglas Creek Recreation Area and Fishery
Type: Project Development Grant
Costs: $35,000
Year(s) Funded: 2001, 2004
Status: Discontinued

The Granite County Conservation District investigated the feasibility of rehabilitating the Douglas Creek Reservoir near Hall for a recreational fishery. This project was discontinued in 2004 when the landowner decided not to go forward with the transfer to public ownership.

Flint Creek
Type: Restoration Project
Costs: $7,000
Year(s) Funded: 2006
Status: Underway

The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation will reactivate a stream-flow gauge on Flint Creek near Drummond and collect continuous stream-flow data for the 2007 water year (October 2006-September 2007).

Upper Willow Creek Restoration
Type: Restoration Project
Costs: $307,758
Year(s) Funded: 2002, 2004
Status: Underway

The Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks will enhance fish, wildlife and water resources in a 2.3-mile reach of Upper Willow Creek, a tributary of Rock Creek. The project mainly involves the design and construction of a new stream channel and banks, revegetation and grazing management.

Z-4 Ranch Conservation Easement
Type: Restoration Project
Costs: $10,000
Year(s) Funded: 2001
Status: Completed

With partial funding from NRDP, the Rock Creek Trust acquired a 2,100-acre conservation easement completed in 2001 on the Z-4 Ranch in the upper Rock Creek drainage. The easement applies to property that includes portions of the East and Middle Forks of Rock Creek and imposes restrictions on certain human activities in order to preserve open space, scenic beauty, fish and wildlife habitat and water quality, and to renaturalize the streams and their riparian zones.