Date: August 6, 2021
Contact: Gina Kerzman, 406-888-5838
WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 6, 2021] – Flathead Rivers Alliance is in search of volunteers for the 2021 Flathead Waters Cleanup occasion on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 9 am to 3 pm.
Volunteers are essential in quite a few capacities such as mountaineering the shoreline and floating or scuba diving the three forks of the Flathead River. Persons or groups intrigued in aiding can e-mail [email protected] More information and facts is accessible at flatheadrivers.org/get-involved.
A celebration and prize giveaway will follow the celebration at a individual area. Please go to the function internet site for details.
This countywide occasion hosted by the Flathead Basin Commission and the Flathead Conservation District delivers collectively companies, businesses, and local community members in an all-day volunteer function to cleanse-up trash and rejoice the region’s amazing waterways.
The A few Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River is administered by the Flathead Nationwide Forest with parts cooperatively managed with Glacier Countrywide Park and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. We accept the river procedure flows as a result of the traditional territories of the Ktunaxa/Kootenai, Séliš and Q’lispé Peoples.
The Flathead Rivers Alliance is a new friends team created to guidance defense and administration of the Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River (the North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork) and improve the exceptional and impressive values that consist of geology, ethnographic, heritage, wildlife, vegetation, fisheries, h2o quality, and recreation. The Alliance and its agency companions are invested in developing a new technology of river stewards.
This a single-working day thoroughly clean-up party is an extension of the cooperative endeavours Flathead Rivers Alliance and its company partners conduct during the summer. Glacier National Park and Flathead Countrywide Forest operate plan river patrol crews although the Alliance coordinates volunteer River Ambassador crews that team pop-up info booths at well-known river entry factors and serve as citizen researchers collecting river-person and wildlife knowledge though floating the river. River Patrol crews will have centered patrols all through the one-day function inventorying larger trash and debris in and together the river to be removed later. They will also supply river assistance for volunteer scuba dive teams aiding in the cleanup endeavours in harder to get to river areas.
The 2021 Flathead Waters Cleanup is a volunteer party hosted by the Flathead Conservation District and Flathead Basin Commission. Get a pal, recruit club customers, or rally the family. Support continue to keep our favourite places clean whilst savoring a good time.
For questions about the party, get hold of Emilie Henry, Coordinator, City of Kalispell and Flathead Basin Commission at [email protected] or (406) 249-2241.
For standard inquiries or interview options:
Gina Kerzman, General public Affairs Officer, Glacier Countrywide Park
[email protected], (406) 888-5838
Beth Pargman, General public Affairs Officer, Flathead Nationwide Forest
[email protected], (406)309-4561
Sheena Pate, Watershed Coordinator, Flathead Rivers Alliance
[email protected], (406) 407-0421
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