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Restoring the Clark Fork River

December 2012

Efforts are underway to restore the Clark Fork River, and these interactive restoration stories showcase five of the projects across the watershed which have improved the health and resilience of Montana’s rivers and streams while providing economic benefits to local communities.

The Clark Fork River is Montana’s largest river by volume, forming the eastern headwaters of the Columbia River system, and it contains many of the “jewels” that make up the Crown of the Continent ecosystem, like the Blackfoot Valley, the Seeley-Swan, and the Flathead.

Headwaters Economics worked with the Clark Fork Coalition, U.S. Forest Service, and others to create the interactive restoration stories.  With more than half-a-billion dollars earmarked for the watershed’s rehabilitation, there is an extraordinary opportunity on the Clark Fork for continued and important restoration work.

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Clark Fork Restoration Stories

Published on December 14, 2012Posted under Economic DevelopmentTags: Local Studies, Specific Places

Patricia Hernandez

  patty@headwaterseconomics.org       406.599.7425

Patty is Executive Director of Headwaters Economics and has been with the organization since its inception in 2006. Patty has partnered with leaders from communities across the country to advance solutions that benefit people and the environment. She holds a Master’s degree in Ecology.

Related Research

NM Natural Assets The Economic Benefits of Southern New Mexico’s Natural Assets
The Economic Impacts of Restoration in Central Idaho
Economic Opportunities in the Blackfoot Watershed

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