by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
Montana Freshwater Partners (MFP) works to restore and preserve healthy rivers, streams, and wetlands by applying science-based practices to complex problems impacting water resources and communities throughout Montana. Considering that 80 percent of all life is...
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
The machines are hard at work, kicking up clouds of dust on the dried gravel and sediment as they play pick-up-sticks. They’re compacting the earth, hauling out literal tons of logs and other wood on the banks of the Yellowstone River, swept to the shore by the...
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
REED POINT, Mont. (AP) — Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains. Thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars....
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
On June 24, a train carrying molten asphalt derailed as a result of a bridge collapse plunging 10 loaded cars into the Yellowstone River near Columbus, Montana. As much as 500,000 pounds of liquid asphalt was spilled, contaminating the Yellowstone River for...
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
In emails to state and federal officials, conservation organizations and individuals have outlined several concerns about long-term impacts to and monitoring of the Yellowstone River following a June 2023 train derailment that resulted in a toxic spill. “We deserve to...
