Fall Watershed Tour

Each biennium, MWCC works with local conservation partners to host a Fall Watershed Tour where participants gather, share, and learn. This year, we are partnering with the Sun River Watershed Group as they celebrate 30 years of restoring and protecting the Sun River watershed and its communities.

We will travel from Great Falls toward the Sun River headwaters in the Bob Marshall Wilderness for three days of learning, peer exchanges, local storytelling, and on-the-ground project experiences that demonstrate the unique resources challenges and diverse conservation and partnership strategies implemented by local organizers across the region. With an anticipated audience of 80 attendees from across Montana, the event will allow opportunities for participants to connect and learn from practitioners, coordinators, and technical experts. Registration is now open!

Tour Registration & Agenda

Registration is now closed. We are so excited to see everyone in the Sun River!

All Scholarship funding has been allocated.

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Tour Partners

Previous Tours

More than 70 conservation leaders gathered September 15-16, 2022 along the Rocky Mountain Front to learn from projects and programs tied to the Blackfeet Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Along the way, we learned that climate resilience takes many forms, including connecting with land and culture, building and restoring relationships, and regaining human and ecological health. Whether through regenerative grazing, working with beavers, restoring food sovereignty, or recharging wetlands, Tour partners expressed the desire to protect and preserve land and water by fostering relationships and extending Blackfeet culture to future generations.

2022 Tour Blog Post

Agenda

(OPTIONAL) DINNER & SOCIAL HOUR – CUT BANK – SEPTEMBER 14TH

5:30 PM – Social Gathering and Networking (dinner provided) – Cut Bank Brewery
8:00 PM – Dinner & Social Hour Concludes

DAY 1 – BROWNING, EAST GLACIER, TWO MEDICINE – SEPTEMBER 15TH

We departed from Cut Bank and carpooled to tour sites around Browning, East Glacier, and the Two Medicine Valley.

8:30 AM – Carpool from Cut Bank to All Chief’s Park in Browning (for those staying in Cut Bank)
9:15 AM – Welcome, Introductions, Ceremonial Blessing, Climate Resiliency Overview, and Ksik Stakii (Beaver) Project at All Chief’s Park in Browning
11:45 AM – Depart for North American Indian Days Pow Wow Grounds
12:00 PM – Lunch and Food Sovereignty Presentation
1:30 PM – Depart for Browning High School
1:45 PM – Willow Snow Fence and Wetland Recharge at Browning High School.
2:15 PM – Depart for Blackfeet Community College.
2:30 PM – Piikani Walking Park and Relationships to Climate Resiliency Projects
4:30 PM – Depart for Two Medicine Campground, Glacier National Park
5:00 PM – Free time
6:00 PM – Dinner
7:30 PM – End of the Day

DAY 2 – CUT BANK – SEPTEMBER 16TH

We carpooled to a local ranch to discuss regenerative grazing and drought resiliency initiatives. The tour concluded with a wrap-up discussion. Participants were then free to return home or stay and explore the local communities and geography of the Rocky Mountain Front, Blackfeet Nation, and Glacier National Park.

8:30 AM – Carpool to Private Ranch West of Cut Bank (for those staying in Cut Bank)
8:45 AM – Regenerative Grazing and Drought Resiliency
10:00 AM – Depart for Cut Bank City Park
10:15 AM – Tour Wrap-up, Q&A, and Facilitated Group Discussion
11:45 PM – Closing Remarks
12:00 PM – Depart

Tour Registration & Agenda

Tour Partners

Sponsors

We Appreciate the Following Sponsors for Supporting This Event!

Watershed Sponsors

River Sponsors

Tributary Sponsors

Other Sponsors

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Previous Tours

Agenda

DAY 1 – BROWNING, EAST GLACIER, TWO MEDICINE – SEPTEMBER 15TH

DAY 2 – CUT BANK – SEPTEMBER 16TH