Flathead Rivers Alliance (FRA) and partners have moved forward with Phase II of improving American Disability Act (ADA) accessibility on the Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River.

Thanks to a Flathead Electric Coop Roundup for Safety Grant, Flathead Rivers Alliance (FRA) was able to partner with Great Northern Whitewater Rafting to host a private Women's Specific River Rescue Course Aug. 17-18, 2024, out of West Glacier, MT.

2024 marked the 4th Annual Flathead Waters Cleanup event. The event is a Flathead Basin wide event bringing together agencies, organizations, and community members in an all-day volunteer event to clean-up trash and celebrate the region’s incredible waterways.

This year we hosted an array of partners to chat fisheries: trends, population health, monitoring, river management, history and so much more.

Partnered with West Glacier Elementary School for a 3rd year of stream ecology programming. Students K-6th grade participated in our Spring 2-day stream ecology + river safety program that wrapped with the creation of this Flathead Wild & Scenic River mural.

Attendees learned from leading experts about cold water immersion, safety gear, river condition forecasts and handling spring river conditions. Representatives were on hand to walk you through proper gear, demonstrations and share river search and rescue stories. 

Here's to the river! Thursday, April 25, the 19th annual World Tour Paddling Film Festival tour brought water sports to the screen with whitewater and sea kayaking, canoeing, rafting, stand-up paddle boarding and environmental documentaries. Flathead Rivers Alliance and Montana Kayak Academy joined efforts to co-host second year of film festival, in Whitefish, Montana.

Flathead Rivers Alliance teamed up with Wild Montana's Flathead-Kootenai Chapter for annual 2024 Earth Day River Access Cleanup. Participants joined us on Sunday, April 21st, 2024 to clean up several fishing access sites along the Flathead Wild & Scenic River.

Through 2023 Montana Waters Clearly Connected- Flathead Basin Reusable Water Cleanup Bag Stations and Leave No Trace Messaging we were able to distribute approximately 5,000 reusable cleanup bags across the Flathead Valley creating new and strengthening existing partnerships with (15) businesses and agencies, including Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.

About 30 to 40 volunteers are needed for the river ambassador and citizen science monitoring programs to help protect the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act-designated three forks of the Flathead River.

Flathead Rivers Alliance seeks a part-time Development Coordinator to join Team River!

Flathead Rivers Alliance (FRA) and partners have begun Phase II of improving American Disability Act (ADA) accessibility on the Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River thanks to a $30,411 grant through the Flathead National Forest and the Flathead Resource Advisory Committee (RAC). The goal of this project is to provide those living with a disability more direct access to, and benefits stemming from, our natural resources.

The 2023 Flathead Waters Cleanup event returned Saturday, August 12th, 2023. This event brought together over 123 agency, organization and community member representatives in an all day volunteer event to not only cleanup trash, but celebrate the region’s incredible waterways. Participants removed over 2,066 LBS of trash improving 66 miles of riverbank and lakeshore.

Flathead Rivers Alliance and Flathead National Forest partnered to pilot wilderness River Ambassador program at Granite Cabin, on Middle Fork Flathead River in the Great Bear Wilderness. This blog post is a journal capturing the River Ambassador’s experience and observations during their volunteer week-long trip.

With the help of generous donors, the Glacier Conservancy is utilizing a match from the Flathead National Forest and Flathead Rivers Alliance to co-sponsor a Big Sky Watershed Corps internship to support the river system. This intern supports visitor engagement, coordinates volunteers for monitoring surveys, monitors water quality, assists with the development of educational tools and materials, and conducts river user data analyses. Sunshine Flamer, the intern selected for 2023, is a member of the Big Sky Watershed Corps and is part of the AmeriCorps program.

Flathead Rivers Alliance was thrilled to get River Weed Rodeo volunteers back in rafts for 2023, after last year’s late peak flow that prevented volunteers from floating during one-day event. Brenda Guzman the mastermind behind the River Weed Rodeo on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River since 2003 successfully coordinated 165+ volunteers, a record number of volunteers, for the event.