The Clark Fork Coalition is a 23-year old coalition working to protect and restore the Clark Fork watershed in western Montana and northern Idaho. The coalition was instrumental in advocating for the removal of the Milltown Dam and its reservoir's contaminated mining wastes and the $250 million mining pollution cleanup and restoration of the upper Clark Fork River. CFC is a recognized and respected advocate for land and water use policies that implement and expand watershed protection and restoration in Montana.

Recent Grant History:

2012 - $3,000 To hire facilitation expertise for a strategic planning process. Opportunity Fund

2011 - $20,000 To initiate a ClimateWise community-based planning process in Missoula County. Place-based Conservation

2010 - $30,000 To protect and reconnect large landscapes in the Bitterroot and Upper Clark Fork watersheds of western Montana. Place-based Conservation

2010 - $2,500 To develop a media and communications plan to help reframe their role as a restoration resource and voice for the river. Opportunity Fund

2009 - $40,000 To protect critical rivers and riparian corridors in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem. Place-based Conservation

2008 - $40,000 To protect critical rivers and riparian corridors in and around Montana’s Missoula County. Place-based Conservation

2008 - $3,000 To convene a summit of public officials, river advocates and water users to re-envision how water is used in the changing climate of the Northern Rockies. Opportunity Fund

2007 - $50,000 To promote streamside protection of freshwater resources and fish and wildlife habitat in riparian corridors within Montana's Missoula County. Place-based Conservation