Milltown Dam Breached

For the first time in over a hundred years the Blackfoot and upper Clark Fork Rivers are running free. Hopefully it will set the stage for other dam projects in the west that have passed their usefulness and need to come down.

Videos of the breach can be seen HERE. The story in the Missoulian is HERE.

Of course the big question on everyone’s mind now is what effect the huge sediment flush will have on the river ecosystem below?