GWC has had a busy September! Thanks to new grant funding we were able to hire Lilly Deford and Holly Hill on as staff. Holly is transitioning from contracted Watershed Coordinator to Executive Director and Lilly is transitioning from Board Vice Chair to Director of Restoration.

This past weekend, the Gallatin Watershed Council and the Gallatin River Task Force teamed up to host the second annual collaborative Gallatin River Clean Up! In the Lower Gallatin Watershed, we had over 110 community members participate in the clean up, cleaned up 13 sites in the greater Bozeman area and collected a total of 900 pounds of trash! This equates to 20 river miles that are now clean and clear thanks to YOU!! We are so proud of our community for coming together and working to protect the watershed we all love.

You can help improve the health of the Gallatin River and ensure that Highway 191 provides safe passage for people, wildlife and fish!

GWC staff recently visited the site of our April 2020 Earth Day willow planting volunteer event and were delighted to see the banks holding! The over 4,000 willows planted by volunteers are rooting extremely well.

The Gallatin Watershed Council launched our Steward Passport program on Saturday through a community art project along Bozeman Creek. Our new Steward Passports aim to connect families with local watershed stewardship opportunities.

The Gallatin Watershed Council celebrated Earth Day by safely planting 4,000 willows alongside the East Gallatin on Wednesday! With the help of a handful of wonderful community volunteers, we were able to enhance the riparian corridor and floodplain capacity of two vulnerable stream banks on a private landowner's property.

These uncertain times remind us of Bozeman’s strength and resiliency, a community that GWC is lucky to call home. Although we can’t physically come together to confront coronavirus, we can still organize and build community, together.

Learn about how you can get involved in National Groundwater Awareness Week!

Thank you all for coming out to GWC’s 2020 Annual Meeting: 15 Years of Stewardship!

GWC attended MWCC’s Annual Meeting in Helena last Tuesday as a Watershed Partner.

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality announced Thursday that the Lower Gallatin Watershed is its next priority basin. This means hundreds of thousands of dollars will become available to address pollution in over half of the watershed’s major streams and rivers.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Gallatin Watershed Council. The Board would like to thank all of the many caring and dedicated folks who have supported us over the years. A special thanks goes out to those that accepted the challenge fifteen years ago and decided to advocate for clean water in the Gallatin Valley and form a watershed group.