NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
April 17 7:00 pm at the Ninemile Community Center
25620 Nine Mile Road, Huson, MT 59846
Paul Parson, Trout Unlimited and Two Decades of Mine Cleanup in the Ninemile Valley
Trout Unlimited and partners have worked for two decades to address abandoned mines in the Ninemile Creek drainage. Cooperative restoration efforts by Trout Unlimited, Montana DEQ, DNRC, FWP, Missoula County and the Lolo National Forest as well as landowners include filling dredge ponds, removal and stabilization of contaminated mine waste and removal of overburden dredge piles while shaping new stream channels, wetlands and establishing vegetation. Fourteen mine reclamation projects in the have been successfully completed, yielding reduced sediment and metals inputs, enhanced riparian corridors, wetlands, fish passage, and healthy, unimpaired stream channels. Total costs of these projects exceed $5 Million with a majority of that funding going to local restoration contractors and consultants, providing jobs and a boost to the local economy. An additional $350,000 has been raised for reclamation work in 2024-2025.
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
Please join our Annual NWW Bird Walk - May 11, 2023
Meet at 8 AM at the Ninemile Ranger Station (no charge)
Our birdwalk will be led by board members and birders Jeannie Siegler and Pat Sweeney. Meet at the Ninemile Ranger Station for a half day of bird watching in the Ninemile and Sixmile Valleys. We normally find close to 50 species of birds on this trip as we have access to some excellent habitat. Want to learn more about our area and what birds you may find here? Then plan on joining us for this safari of mostly driving to good spots and listening and observing. There’s a minimum of walking so all abilities can enjoy this outing. No previous birding experience is needed and everyone is welcome. Dress appropriately for the weather and bring some snacks and water. If you have them, bring binoculars and a bird book, but they aren’t necessary and we’ll have some spare binoculars if you need them.
May 17 7:00 pm at the Ninemile Community Center
25620 Nine Mile Road, Huson, MT 59846
Bret Davis and Kalon Baughan, Vice President and President, Wild Ideas, LLC, present:
Ghosts of the High Country - Non-invasively monitoring wolverine and lynx in western Montana
Adopt-a-Highway
The Ninemile Wildlife Workgroup has been cleaning a two mile section of old Highway 10 for the past 14 years. As road sections go, this one is pretty sweet, much of it in riparian habitat with little traffic and not too much trash (especially if you don’t count beverage containers). Every year brings a bonus surprise of new wildlife observations, a lost tool or treasure, or even lost cash.
If you’d like to get in on the fun, meet at Dale and Kandy Chik’s home, 29221 Old Highway 10 (frontage road about 1 mile west of Ninemile Creek) on June 22 at 10 AM. Bring some gloves and get in your steps while joining your neighbors in a public service event. Maybe you’ll find that treasure and you will be finished before lunch.
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).
NWW Board Meets the second Wednesday of most months. All are welcome to join - please contact us for the location (it changes with the weather).