The Montana Watershed Coordination Council (MWCC) and Pesticide Partnership Stewardship Program (PSPP) warmly invite you to join us Sept. 14-18 as we share and learn about responsible practices that protect water quality during MWCC’s biennial Fall Watershed Tour. We welcome you to attend any or all of the tour, as well as to publicize the tour generally. Additional details, including a draft agenda, registration, and Tour sponsors, are available on MWCC’s Fall Watershed Tour page and copied below.
Co-hosted by MWCC and PSPP, this year’s Tour travels from Butte to the Bitterroot, to the north end of Flathead Lake, each day highlighting examples of outstanding collective work in the basin like responsible pesticide use, water and fish monitoring techniques, and water restoration projects, all while strengthening local community connections. An example from each day includes:
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Tour of the Berkley Pit
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Skalkahoe Bend Restoration and Native Planting
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Missoula’s Miller Creek Restoration
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Montana Dept. of Agriculture Lake County Pesticide Container Granulator
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Flathead Lake Watershed discussion at Foys Bend
MWCC works with local conservation partners each biennium to host a Fall Watershed Tour, where conservation leaders from across Montana gather to share and learn. Partners this year include but are not limited to Flathead Lake Biological Station, Western Montana Conservation Commission, RIPPLE, Butte Silver Bow Water Utility, Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality, Bitterroot Water Partnership, Teller Wildlife Refuge, Montana State University Extension, Clark Fork Coalition, City of Missoula Stormwater, Rattlesnake Creek Watershed Group, Watershed Education Network, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Geum Engineering, Montana Freshwater Partners, Flathead Lakers, and Flathead Conservation District.
Past tours have been located in the Sun River Watershed, Blackfeet Nation, Upper Missouri Headwaters, and Musselshell River Watershed. MWCC’s Fall Watershed Tours are an extension of our mission in empowering Montana communities to achieve local water and land stewardship goals.
MWCC is the statewide organization that has cultivated broad support for community‑driven solutions to complex land and water challenges for over 30 years, representing more than 60 local watershed conservation groups. To learn more about MWCC, visit the MWCC website.
PSPP is a collaborative initiative focused on protecting water quality in Montana’s Upper Columbia River Basin (CRB) by reducing pesticide contamination and promoting responsible pesticide use. To learn more about PSPP, visit the PSPP website.