Flathead Rivers Alliances Announces Executive Director
Sheena Pate joins Flathead Rivers Alliance as organizations first Executive Director. In 2022, she led FRA efforts that resulted in 111 stream miles improved, 240+ volunteers, 800+ volunteer hours, 4 programs, 7 projects, 5 events, and a co-hosted Big Sky Watershed Corps Member with Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park.
Big Sky Journal Round Up: Non Profit Spotlight: Flathead Rivers Alliance
In 2019, diverse stakeholders including agencies, guides, outfitters, landowners, businesses, and community members gathered to form the Flathead Rivers Alliance, a nonprofit organization that has since led collaborative efforts to safeguard the future of Montana’s Flathead Wild and Scenic River system. The organization’s mission is deceptively simple: Support and enhance the outstandingly remarkable values of the three forks of the Flathead, which are defined by the National Park Service as recreation, scenery, wildlife, botany, geology, fisheries, water quality, ethnography, and history. And that’s where the simplicity ends.
A Wild and Scenic Conundrum
Management of the Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River isn’t simple, it’s complex. But understanding its value and learning what tools are available to prevent degradation does not have to be complex. Our goal is to promote a better understanding of those values and create new generations of river stewards so that more restrictive tools like a permitting system won’t be necessary.
FRA Launches Wild & Scenic River Webinar Series Ahead of Comprehensive River Management Plan
Two-part live webinar speaker series announced ahead of anticipated spring public comment period for the Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive River Management Plan. Learn about the ins and outs of Wild and Scenic Rivers and river management plans from regional and local managers and advocates and how to be an active participant during the public CRMP process.
Join us on the Flathead River this summer!
Flathead Rivers Alliance (FRA) is ramping up for the 2022 river season and recruiting 20-30 volunteer team members! Are you passionate about the river system that inspired a national protected Wild and Scenic River system? We’re expanding our River Ambassador program and officially launching a River Recreation Monitoring Survey program – join us to make a difference and give back to the river you love!
Funding Secured to Boost Stewardship of Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River
Flathead Rivers Alliance has secured $103,000 in partnership agreements and grants, launching the 2021 River Ambassador Program and setting the stage for 2022.
CRMP Planning Resumes for Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River
After a year-long delay, planning efforts will begin again on the Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP) for the Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River.
Flathead Rivers Alliance Joins West Glacier Weed Rodeo
Flathead Rivers Alliance participates in annual Weed Rodeo event joining a nearly 20 year volunteer effort to target invasive species around the West Glacier Middle Fork of the Flathead River corridor.
Three Forks of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River Planning Update
Only about once in a generation does a Wild and Scenic river go through a process to update its Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP).