Instream Flow Specialist
The specialist analyzes and makes recommendations regarding the use, availability, and management of the state’s water resources.
This position reviews and processes temporary instream flow water right change applications and renews existing temporary water right change authorizations submitted by CBWTP Qualified Local Entities (QLE) in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin, and other applicants.
This position is funded through a grant from the Bonneville Power Administration’s Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program (CBWTP) (administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation or NFWF), and a partnership and funding from the Montana Department of Justice’s Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP) and DNRC.