Blackfoot River piers

Blackfoot River piers

Clark Fork River piers

The Clark Fork Coalition has submitted a grant application to the Natural Resource Damage Program for the removal of abandoned railroad piers in the Blackfoot River near Bonner and in the Clark Fork River about 2 miles upstream of Turah. If successful, the grant will be approved by Gov. Schweitzer in December.

In 1919 the Milwaukee RR ran up the Blackfoot as seen in the background of this photo from the Demmons Collection.

Also included in the grant is a request for funds to remove more logs from the Blackfoot River this year. In 2008 about 5300 logs were removed; it is expected that at least that many more will surface this year.