This map was produced as part of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology study of the groundwater flows in Seeley Lake. The four arrows indicate the identified trajectories of groundwater in 1999.
The Clearwater Resource Council hosted a day-long conference on Sept. 6 focused on watershed hydrology, how water moves throughout the Clearwater Basin, the potential for it to pick up pollutants and how septic systems can play into those processes. Other topics included presentations on invasive fragrant water lilies and shoreline conservation.
Experts emphasized the connectedness of the watershed. Karen Williams, aquatics director with the Clearwater Resource Council, said while much of the focus of the conference was on the lakes in the valley, those lakes don't exist in a vacuum.
"They're...
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