Let’s zoom in on our home watershed – the Clark Fork Pend Oreille Watershed which covers much of Montana west of the continental divide and drains to the Columbia River system.  The watershed is home to one third of a million people, covers 25000 square miles and crosses 3 states and 2 countries.

Watersheds don’t stop at political boundaries. The Montana constitution says that Montana citizens have a right to and a responsibility to maintain a clean and healthy environment. Clean healthy watersheds require that watershed citizens recognize their responsibility to live within the limits of the watershed. And to recognize their responsibility to their fellow citizens in the watershed.