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FLOW swimmers Swim Guide temperature measurement of Flathead Lake during 2021 sampling season
Big Hole Watershed Committee’s restoration project of Elkhorn Mine and Mill: FS Project leads and folks from the Montana Technical University and Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology looking at old maps of the mine during 2021 sampling season
Big Hole River Foundation water quality data collection at one of the ten sites on the upper Big Hole River during 2021 sampling season
Missoula Valley Water Quality District water quality monitoring site on Lolo Creek by Highway 93 N during 2021 sampling season
Yaak Valley Forest Council water quality sampling demo during 2021 season
Bitterroot Valley during MMW 2021 Road Trip to visit funded groups
Big Hole Watershed Committee member using 2000 March Mcbirney Flow Mate flow meter to monitor stream flow at sampling site
Clearwater Resource Council BSWC member Alicia Dixon and the summer intern Kristijan Johnson collecting deep water TP/TN samples from Big Sky Lake using a Kemmerer
Big Hole River Foundation’s SOP and sampling materials for 2021 season
North Fork of Flathead River 2021
FLOW Swimmers: Swim Guide sample storage in cooler on Flathead Lake site during 2021 season
Yaak Valley Forest Council member measuring stream flow at sampling site during 2021 season
Lake Koocanusa Reservoir during 2021 trip for future sampling sites along Kootenai River and Tributaries
Big Hole Watershed Committee Executive Director, Pedro Marques and contractor Pat Hurley (Windenwater) collecting surface water samples from 1000 Adit
Yaak Valley Forest Council sampling site: West Fork of Yaak River
Big Hole River Foundation using snow mobiles to access the headwater sampling site in early April
Survey Flight of Big Hole River where spawning redds can be seen.
Bad algae bloom at Mudd Creek Site 2022
Research team and volunteers gathering stoneflies for study 2022
Missoula Valley Water Quality District collecting nutrient grab samples
Central Montana Resource Council at Ross Fork Creek Garneill site
Maidenrock sampling site in October
Missoula Valley Water Quality District volunteer water quality monitoring
Rock Creek Watershed Group 2022 training
Filtered Water Sample Demonstration
Rock Creek Watershed Group and Carbon County Resource Council
Skinner Lake - Big Hole source
View of the upper Big Hole River near Jackson
Yaak Valley Forest Council 2022 Training
Yaak Valley Forest Council filtering a nutrient sample
Clearwater resource Council volunteer on Lake Alva
MMW volunteer collecting streamflow data
MMW volunteer taking notes in the field
Big Hole River Foundation sample site
MMW volunteers collecting and recording streamflow data
MT DEQ Water Quality Standards Section Supervisor Katie Makarowski give instruction to BRPA volunteers on grabbing water samples from a stream in the Bitterroot
Bitterroot River Protection Association volunteers taking flow measurements on Lost Horse Creek
Dr. Rachel Malison, Assistant Research Professor at the Flathead Lake Biological Station gives instructions on water sampling protocols to BRPA volunteers
BRPA volunteers filtering samples at Three Mile Creek
Ross Fork Creek near Tongetti Road
Central Montana Resource Council training in June of 2024
Central Montana Resource Council volunteers learning about gear calibration
Thompson Chain of Lakes Stewardship Coalition training in spring 2024
Water Quality Awareness Day Rotunda Event
Dr. Rachel Malison, MMW Program Leader & Brianna Elizondo, Big Sky Watershed Corps Member
Water Quality Monitoring Training Event 2025
Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Monitoring Montana Waters & Montana State University Extension
Water Quality Monitoring Training Event Organizers
Benthic Algae & Macroinvertebrates Station
Participants Search for Macroinvertebrates
Macroinvertebrates from Yellow Bay Creek
Stream Riparian Health Station
Participants Gather for Basic Lake Monitoring Station
Basic Lake Monitoring Station
Volunteers Gather for Flathead Rivers Alliance Training
Flathead Rivers Alliance 2025 Training
Volunteer Prepare to Collect Grab Samples
Central Montana Resource Council Training 2025
CMRC Volunteer Collects Filtered Grab Sample
CMRC Volunteers Practice Sample Collection
CMRC 2025 Training Ross Fork Creek
CMRC Calibrating Water Quality Meter
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