Clark Fork/Kootenai River Basins
The Clark Fork/Kootenai River Basin produces the largest volume of water of the four Montana Water Supply Initiative planning basins. This area lies west of the Continental Divide and includes the Bitterroot and Flathead River Basins, as well as Flathead Lake and much of Glacier National Park. Available below are documents relating to the Clark Fork/Kootenai River Basin through the two year MWSI process as well as technical reports and other information that address water resource issues in the Clark Fork and Kootenai river basins.
For more information regarding watershed planning in the Clark Fork and Kootenai River Basins please contact Michael Downey - (406) 444-9748
View the Report - Clark Fork and Kootenai River Basins Water Plan – 2014
Appendices - Clark Fork/Kootenai Water Plan
Appendix I–1 - Clark Fork/Kootenai Task Force Recommendations Development Report
Appendix II–1 - Status Report of 2004 Clark Fork Basin Plan Recommendations
Appendix III–1 - Socioeconomic Portrait of the Clark Fork/Kootenai River Basins
Appendix IV-1 - 4th Code HUC River Sub-Basins in the Clark Fork/Kootenai River Basins
Appendix V–1 - Methods for Estimating Water Use for the State Water Plan
Appendix V–2 - Instream Flow Rights in the Clark Fork/Kootenai River Basins
Appendix VII–1 - Potential Future Water Demands Modeling Methods
Clark Fork / Kootenai Basins Reports and Technical Information
Surface Water Reports
- Clark Fork Water Supply Report Series I - Water Supply and Mitigation Options - May 2015
- Clark Fork Water Supply Report Series I - Attachment 1 Modeling Report - May 2015
- Clark Fork Water Supply Report Series II - Information for Enhancing Instream Flows – May 2015
- Clark Fork Water Supply Report Series III - Enhanced Conservation and Management - May 2014
- Columbia River Basin, River Mile Index for Montana - July 1984
- Flint Creek Return Flow Study - December 1997
- Lower Poorman Creek Hydrologic Assessment - January 2002
- Morrison Ditch Seepage Analysis Monitoring Report - 2004
- North Fork Blackfoot River Hydrology Study - March 2004
- Upper Clark Fork River Flow Story - August 2006
- Use of Regression and Time-Series Methods to Estimate a Sediment Budget for Nevada Creek Reservoir, Montana - June 2006
Ground Water Reports