Program areas at Clark Fork Coalition
Upper Clark Fork (ucf) & bitterroot initiatives: in the ucf the Coalition is working to bring about a world-class cleanup and restoration by participating in research, public processes, and tracking of superfund cleanup, and through stream restoration projects, education programs, and by advancing policy and other tools to boost healing and resilience in the ucf basin. In the bitterroot the Coalition is boosting the health of this subbasin by increasing flows, reducing sediment, and restoring fish passage in high-priority tributaries.
Smurfit cleanup and river smart initiatives: in its smurfit-stone initiative the Coalition is advocating for timely and scientifically sound cleanup of hazardous waste dumps, removal of crumbling berms, and restoration of the floodplain at the shuttered smurfit-stone pulp and paper mill site near missoula. In its river smart initiative the Coalition is educating youth and adults about watershed issues and science, engaging people in river stewardship, and promoting and modeling riverside planning principles that make protection of waterways a central goal.
Watershed wide and program support initiatives:through its watershed wide initiative the Coalition protects clean water by defending water protection laws, preventing new contamination, and improving water management policies and practices. It also focuses on flow restoration, management of water rights and leases, river cleanups, water quality monitoring, beaver-related projects, and public education and updates on river-related issues.