
Flathead Watershed News

Online wooden boat auction to benefit conservation.
A beautiful wooden boat restored by Greg McCormick, a Polson resident and Lakers member, is up for auction online through December 1st. The auction will benefit the Bad Rock Canyon Conservation Project.

Science on Tap is taking a break.
We are all combating screen fatigue, and it is still too soon to gather. Let's take a break. Get outside and enjoy the cold winter air and a quiet moment, or zoom with your friends and family. Stay safe and healthy. Please wear a mask, and we will be back soon.

Discover our watershed community mural!
Watch our YouTube video and discover our ‘Watershed Moment’ community mural.

Flathead River to Lake Initiative partners look to conserve 800 acres in Columbia Falls
We are excited to announce that we will be working with our Flathead R2L Initiative partners to help purchase 800 acres along the Flathead River near Columbia Falls.

Wall art mural for the Flathead watershed community
As a gift to the Flathead Lake community, the Flathead Lakers will be installing a wall art mural outside our offices in the Salish Building in Polson. The mural was designed to honor the natural beauty, tribal culture, history, and wildlife of Flathead Lake, one of most pristine and scenic lakes of its size in the world.

Lakers host virtual annual meeting
It was an unusual annual meeting this year, held on August 13 outside our Salish Building offices… and on Zoom.

Flathead Lakers welcome Eric Witts, SKC intern
Eric Witts, junior at SKC, is interning with the Flathead Lakers, focusing on the video archives of Science on Tap-Flathead.

Flathead River Conservation Project Completed
Thanks to the generous support from so many of our members last year, we raised the funding needed to protect 155 acres along the Flathead River, …

Did you know?
Learn ten things that you can do around your home and in your daily life to help protect our watershed and clean water.

Summer is coming – calling all citizen scientists
Our citizen science volunteers will be out on the water again this summer measuring water clarity and studying periphyton (slime on rocks) around Flathead Lake. Become a volunteer!

Lakers seeks amendment to Water Rights Protection Act
With support from Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes, the Flathead Lakers submitted a letter to state leaders requesting an amendment to the draft of the Montana Water …