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Fast Fact: What happens in a riparian area after a fire?


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Events
August 17 - Lake Helena Watershed Festival

Sept 7-Early registration for Weed Whacker Ball Ends- Big Hole



Sept 14- Weed Whacker Ball

Sept 24-27 - Wetland Capacity Building Workshop, Salt Lake City UT

Oct 3-4 American Water Resource Association, Bozeman 

Oct 10-Wetland Council Meeting-Kalispell Focus: Resources to advance wetland and riparian restoration at the local level

Oct 15 -16 - MT Association of Dams and Canals Conference, Bozeman

Oct 15-17 MWCC Symposium, Missoula



If you would like to submit something to the MWCC Watershed News please email a brief description to info@mtwatersheds.org with a link to a longer announcement on your website or a pdf to post to  our website.
Last minute reminder- WAWG and E&O meeting this afternoon to review 319 applications: 

Date: Thursday, August 15, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Room 111 of the DEQ Metcalf Building, 1520 E Sixth Avenue, Helena, MT 59620
Conference Call Number: 1-866-906-9888
Conference Call Pass Code: 7508058
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 August 2013 
The Montana Natural Heritage Program and Montana Wetland Council are pleased to offer several 1-day wetland plant identification workshops this August. The courses will be designed to provide the basic skills required to identify Montana's common wetland plant genera (Carex, Juncus, Salix) and species, including invasive plants, and will be tailored to accommodate the plants common to the specific geographic area of the individual workshop.  Each workshop will be limited to a maximum of 20 participants and will be filled, in part, on a first come, first serve basis with priority given to representatives from federal, tribal, state, and local agencies and NGOs. Workshop dates and locations will include the following: 
August 21: Helena area - Waiting List 
August 22: Missoula area  - Open
August 27: Bozeman area -Waiting List
August 28: Billings area - Open
  To register for a workshop, please fill out and submit a Registration Form -OR- send an email with your contact information (including phone and email), date and location of workshop you wish to attend, and extent of wetland plant identification experience to DEQ Administrative Assistant Janelle Egli (JEgli@mt.gov).  For more information click here
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The early registration discount for the 4th Annual Conference - Building Partnerships: Linking Local Actions & Landscape Outcomes - has been extended through August 23 - act now to take advantage! Click here to register Registration is $105 per person, but will increase to $135 on August 23rd. Register now to take advantage of the extended early registration discount.


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Swimming Fun! Remember Safety First!



NEWS

August 13, 2013
Flathead Beacon
Agencies eye future of river corridor through new management plan

August 12, 2013
Great Falls Tribune
Lured by prizes, kids gather invasive mollusks

August 13, 2013
9KXLH.com
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks says while they can't be certain what killed off hundreds of carp at Holter Lake last month, they believe it's a variety of factors.

August 13, 2013
KPAX.com
Recent rainfall has done very little to inflate river and stream flow levels. Extremely low flow is having an impact on businesses that rely on healthy water flow.

August 13, 2013
Bozeman Daily Chronicle 
The demands on Montana’s streams are many, but thanks to a law written almost a decade ago, Montana Trout Unlimited is helping ranchers help fish by reducing agricultural demand.

August 14, 2013
Missoulian
Bitterroot River floaters better brace for some long drags as a tough water year heads toward the end of irrigation season.

August 14, 2013
Billings Gazette
Low stream flows and continued high water temperatures have prompted Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials to close the upper Big Hole River from the headwaters (south of Jackson) to the mouth of the North Fork Big Hole (approximately 14 miles downstream from the Wisdom Bridge) to all fishing effective immediately until conditions improve. 

August 11, 2013
New York Times
This is how officials here feel about grass these days: since 2009, the city has paid $1.4 million to homeowners willing to rip out their front lawns and plant less thirsty landscaping.

August 13, 2013
Idaho Statesman
Fewer lake trout are being caught per net in Yellowstone Lake, marking a turning point in the effort to knock the invasive species out of the big lake.Fewer lake trout are being caught per net in Yellowstone Lake, marking a turning point in the effort to knock the invasive species out of the big lake.here: 





Water Pollution Control Advisory Council Member Needed

New WPCAC Member Needed The Water Pollution Control Advisory Council (WPCAC) is looking for members of conservation organizations to apply for an open WPCAC position. WPCAC members are appointed by the Governor and advise the Department of Environmental Quality on water quality issues. For more information on WPCAC, please visit http://deq.mt.gov/wqinfo/WPCAC/default.mcpx. For information on how to apply for the position or to recommend someone else for the position, please contact Amy Steinmetz at (406) 444-0371 or asteinmetz@mt.gov.



Jobs

Helena Closes 8/16/13

Glasgow Closes 8/26/13


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