Milltown Dam Journeys

A view overlooking the Milltown Dam site with an instructor standing talking to a group of students sitting on the ground.

WEN launched the MDEP in fall of 2005 to expose local students to the historic removal, remediation, and restoration of the Milltown Dam and Reservoir. The MDEP was developed using information supplied by local resource experts Dave Schmetterling (Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks), Chris Brick (Clark Fork Coalition), Peter Nielsen (Missoula City/County Health Department), Kathy Coleman and Doug Martin (MT NRDP), Russ Forba and Diana Hammer (EPA), Keith Large, Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Matt Vincent (CFWEP).

With generous funding from the Montana Department of Justice’s Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP), WEN is presenting the Milltown Dam Education Program (MDEP) to 5th through 8th grade students throughout the Clark Fork Watershed. WEN Staff developed an inquiry-based student lesson about the historic removal of the Milltown Dam.

A view overlooking the restored Milltown site.

Thank You

Special thanks to former MDEP Coordinator Sara McComas for her diligent work in program coordination and grant-writing. An additional thank you goes to Jeani Adams, our Milltown Dam Education Program Instructor, for her great work on the 2007-2008 curriculum.