Thursday, March 4
7 pm - 9 pm - Clark Fork Symposium 2010 Keynotes
- 2010 State of the River - Looking Back and Thinking Forward 25 Years--Vicki Watson, UM Watershed Clinic; Chris Brick, Clark Fork Coalition; Rick Bass, acclaimed author and conservationist
- Transformation of Milltown Reservoir: Superfund Site to State Park--Diana Hammer, EPA Milltown Project Manager
- Transformation of Silver Bow Creek: Remediation/Restoration --Joel Chavez, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Watch the video that includes these keynote talks as well as a reading from author Rick Bass.
Friday, March 5
9 am - 10 am - Panel: Bringing Back the Upper River (Watch the video of this panel session.)
- Daryl Barton, CRFTAC -- moderator
- Mark Kelley, DEQ's Upper Clark Fork restoration specialist (Mark Kelley's panel presentation)
- Joel Chavez, DEQ Mine Remediation Bureau, Superfund remediation work
- Carol Fox, Montana Natural Resource Damage Program (Carol Fox's panel presentation)
- Pat Saffel, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (Pat Saffel's panel presentation)
- John Hollenbeck, upper river landowner and member, Watershed Restoration Coalition (John Hollenbeck's panel presentation)
10 am - Flathead Lake - Long Term Trends and Rising Threats--Bonnie Ellis, UM Biostation at Flathead Lake
10:45 am - Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Program 1998-2008--Will McDowell, Clark Fork Coalition
11:15 am - 25 Years of Butte Cleanup--Jon Sesso, Butte Silver Bow County
Watch the video that includes these talks by Bonnie Ellis, Will McDowell, and Jon Sesso.
12 pm - 2 pm - Posters and Displays (some abstracts here)
2 pm - 5 pm - 30 Short Talks (in 5 concurrent sessions)
All presentation abstracts are listed here (PDF); full presentations available through the links below.
- Whole Basin Presentations (session 1)
- Upper River Tributaries & Milltown (session 2)
- Upper River Superfund, Especially Silver Bow Creek (session 3)
- Middle & Lower River (session 4)
- Middle & Lower River Tributaries -- Flathead, Bitterroot, Blackfoot (session 5)
The following program, documentary, and field trips were held in connection with the symposium.
Clark Fork Watershed Roundtable Program - organized by Clark Fork River Basin Task Force
Friday evening - Living Downstream -- documentary based on Sandra Steingraber's book, sponsored by UM Environmental Studies, Clark Fork Coalition, and Women's Voices for the Earth
2 pm - 5 pm - Field trips to local streamside developments and Milltown site