By Ryen Neudecker
Project Coordinator, Big Blackfoot Chapter Trout Unlimited 

Restoring the Blackfoot watershed one stream at a time

 

April 29, 2021

Ryen Neudecker, BBCTU

An undersized culvert restricting fish passage on Poorman Creek near Lincoln, Montana. This is a high priority stream that supports westslope cutthroat and bull trout.

With spring in the air, it's time to dust off our field gear (or maybe thaw out is more appropriate) and get ready for another productive season working with landowners and our restoration partners implementing projects across the Blackfoot River watershed.

In 2020, we installed a new fish screen near Placid Lake, restored over 7,000 feet of Nevada Creek upstream of the reservoir near Helmville and teamed up with the US Forest Service on several projects benefiting Morrell Creek and Cottonwood Creek just north of Seeley Lake. As challenging as 2020 was, we had one of our most productive pr...



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