Exciting improvements are coming to Wadsworth Pond this year and you can help with the first phase of work! Join us for a day of tree planting this Arbor Day.

All tools will be provided. Bring drinking water, snacks, and sunscreen. Dress for crazy Montana spring weather.

Please RSVP to tracy@sunriverwatershed.org so we can make sure to have enough tools for everyone.

This project is possible thanks to a Tree Planting grant from DNRC

Join us for the spring Water Management Meeting, open to the public. Meeting materials will be posted here closer to the meeting date.

Meeting will be followed at 1 pm by the Sun River Watershed Group Board Meeting, which is also open to the public.

Join us for the third annual Winter RiverFest. We are happy to welcome back 50 Watt Sun for the evening’s entertainment. We’ll have dinner, a live auction, and more. Individual tickets $50 at The Newberry box office or online. Tables $500, available only at The Newberry box office. Doors open at 5 pm.

Event will include:
Buffet Dinner
Raffles
NEW THIS YEAR: Dessert Auction
Live Art and Trip Auction
Live Music from 50 Watt Sun
and more.

Contact tracy@sunriverwatershed.org about sponsorship opportunities

Co-hosted with the Missouri River Flyfishers Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

SRWG board meetings are open to the public.

We will meet at Jakers small private dining room for lunch (no host) from 12-1pm

Board meeting starts at 1 pm and should be done around 3 pm.

Draft agenda.

Come help clean up the Missouri and Sun Rivers! We’ll have volunteers in Helena, Great Falls, Fort Benton, and on the rivers in between. Details coming soon…

Join us for a workshop about low-tech process-based restoration! You'll learn about these restoration strategies, project objectives, and help build low-tech structures.

This event is FREE! Lunch will be provided.

Event is a great opportunity for landowners, permitting entities, and funding agencies to learn more and get hands-on experience with these low-cost, low-tech restoration techniques. Attendees will meet in Augusta or Choteau at 8:30 and carpool to the site. For more details or to RSVP, please contact morganm@onemontana.org or emily@sunriverwatershed.org

This year is the 25th Anniversary of the Sun Canyon Weed Whacker Rodeo!

Please join us in for a day of weed control and fun! We’ll have the usual BBQ and prize drawing, and hopefully some fun extras to help celebrate the anniversary of this popular event. Check back here and on Facebook for details.

Join SRWG at the Voyagers game! Thanks to our sponsor, Clearwater Credit Union, we are able to sell the first 30 tickets for just $6 each! Each ticket includes access to our reserved patio during the game and a backyard BBQ dinner.

Get tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/srwg-bbq-at-the-ballpark-registration-622562680737?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join SRWG at Mighty Mo Brewery! We will be announcing winners of our Predict the Peak contest, and we’ll tell you how you could win a kayak just for volunteering with SRWG. Bring all your thirsty friends - Mighty Mo will donate $1 to SRWG for every pint sold between 5 and 8 pm.

Looking for volunteers to help clean up Freezout Lake! We'll be picking up last season's spent ammo, garbage, and anything else we find that doesn't belong there. Volunteers will need rubber boots or muck boots. Waders are helpful, but not necessary. Dress appropriately for unpredictable, Montana spring weather.

If you have a bucket and work gloves, bring them. We'll have a few to loan out as well. We will provide trash bags. Please RSVP to tracy@sunriverwatershed.org or morgan@mtwf.org so we have an idea how many people to have supplies ready for.

Join SRWG and the Missouri River Flyfishers for a night of fun at The Newberry in downtown Great Falls. We will have live auctions, raffles, bottomless beers, catering by Enbar, and live music by El Wencho. Tickets are on sale now at The Newberry box office (420 Central in Great Falls) or online.

This is a fundraiser for the Missouri and Sun Rivers.

The winter meeting of the Sun River Watershed group is open to the public.

The meeting will be preceded by a Project Workshop, which starts at noon and is also open to the public.

If you would like to join via Zoom, please contact Tracy for a link.

The Sun River Watershed Group board of directors will meet October 26 at 1 pm, following the SR Water Management Working Group meeting. This meeting will occur at the Fairfield Ambulance Training Center with an option to Zoom. This meeting is open to the public. Board meeting documents will be uploaded here by end of day Friday, October 21.

Meeting agenda and materials will be posted soon - check back here.

Sun River fall water management meeting will be held at the Fairfield Ambulance Training Center at 10 am. Lunch and SRWG Board meeting to follow at 12:30. Both meetings are open to the public.

Join us for another year of Bashin’ Trash on the Missouri and Sun Rivers. More information can be found here and on the Bashin’ Trash Facebook page.

Raise a Pint at Mighty Mo with SRWG! $1 from each pint sold between 5 and 8 pm will benefit SRWG programs and projects. See you there!

Join SRWG for our second annual bbq at the Voyagers Game! Prices and more info to come.

Rain Barrel workshop registration is now open! For your $50 suggested donation, SRWG will provide a rain barrel, hardware, and will help you build your barrel. We will also provide materials to decorate your barrel and instructions for hooking it up at home. Participants will receive as a gift a Rain Barrel Workshop farmers market tote and Cascade Conservation District will provide lunch for each registered participant.

SRWG will hold our next quarterly board meeting in Augusta at the community center. Check back here for meeting agenda and documents.

Following the meeting (appx 4 pm), come grab a beer at the Buckhorn and meet SRWG staff and board members. Whether you can attend the board meeting or not, we hope you’ll stop by and get to know us and our work!

Save the date for the next Weed Whacker Rodeo! Details to come

Come help clean up Freezeout Lake and make it safer for wildlfe and waterfowl! We will meet outside the FWP building at 8:30, then disburse to various areas around the ponds to clean up spent ammo and trash until about noon. Dress for Montana ever-changing weather. Bring work gloves, sunscreen, and buckets - we will have a few to share for folks who don’t have them. Rubber boots are helpful but not required. We will provide water and snacks. RSVP to tracy@sunriverwatershed.org. Event co-hosted by FWP and Montana Wildlife Federation.

Join SRWG and the Missouri River Flyfishers chapter of Trout Unlimited at the Voyagers game! Contact SRWG or visit the North 40 Fly Shop on 3rd to pick up your tickets!

SRWG is also looking for volunteers to sell 50/50 raffle tickets at the game. Let us know if you can help!

A portion of advance tickets and raffle proceeds with benefit SRWG and MRFTU.

The SRWG board meets quarterly. The next meeting is April 20 at 1 pm, following the Water Management Working Group meeting (lunch provided at 12:30). Meeting is in-person at the Fairfield Ambulance Training Center and via Zoom (Zoom info can be found on the meeting agenda).

This is the spring meeting of the Sun River Water Management Working Group. Meeting will be held at the Fairfield Ambulance Training Center and via Zoom (Zoom info can be found on the meeting agenda). Meeting materials can be downloaded here. This meeting will be immediately followed by a meeting of the Sun River Watershed Group board of directors, which is open to the public.

FWP Fisheries Biologists Katie Vivian and Jason Mullen will report on the local river and reservoir fisheries.

This is a free event, hosted by the Missouri River Flyfishers Chapter of Trout Unlimited and North 40 Fly Shop.

A viewing of the 2022 International Fly Fishing Films will follow this event at 6 pm; admission for the films is $15.

SRWG is looking for volunteers to help plant willows on April 8 to improve bank stabilization at a site on Muddy Creek.

Volunteers will meet at 8:30 am at Big Sky Deli in Vaughn and carpool to the project site.
If you have work gloves or clippers, please bring them. We will have a few to share. Dress for weather - it's springtime in Montana, you never know what Mother Nature is going to throw at us!

To RSVP or if you have questions, please contact Jessica Ramirez at jramerizbswc@gmail.com or (210) 381-1867

Join SRWG at Black Eagle Brewery for a Suds for the Sun pint night! $1 from each pint sold ALL DAY will be donated to SRWG. From 4 pm until closing, SRWG staff will be on hand to share information about upcoming SRWG events and projects. We look forward to meeting you!

We will be cutting willows to plant later in the week for a bank stabilization project on Muddy Creek.

Volunteers will meet at 8:30 am at Big Sky Deli in Vaughn and carpool to the project site.
If you have work gloves or clippers, please bring them. We will have a few to share. Dress for weather - it's springtime in Montana, you never know what Mother Nature is going to throw at us!

To RSVP or if you have questions, please contact Jessica Ramirez at jramerizbswc@gmail.com or (210) 381-1867

Join us at MT Pints! $1 for each pint sold between 6 and 9 pm will be donated to SRWG. Come learn about upcoming projects, events, and volunteer opportunities!