Celebrating Fifty 

 Years of Service to 

 Beaverhead County 



( hatrmitn An i hnyiensen llc/n and 

 Vice-Chairman i.mmelt lUumqutst (riKlill 

 have sened the Heaverhead Conservation 

 District since its inception in 1950. 



Beaverhead 



Supen'iuirt. lieavtrhtad 

 Soil Cnn\rrvatton 

 Ihslncl. IfSO 



onservation District 



■106-683-6539 



THE BIG HOLE 

 WATERSHED PROJECT 



Keeping ran: lluvial arciic grayling olT ihc endangered species 

 lisl was a eoiniimn gt>al fcir many agencies, pnvaie indiMduals. 

 and landowners who worked lopether lo establish olT-nver 

 allcmaliv-e walcnnp rocdiiies in the upper Big Hole basin l"he 

 projccl successfully dcvel(»pcd M sitxkwaicr wells ;unJ two 

 springs, decreasing ihe need lo divert water lor suvk Water is 

 pumped from Ihc wells into the nver dunng low water and 

 drought conditions on the Dig Hole Ktver The aquatic 

 cnvironmcnl is enhanced by niamiaining instream tlows, thus 

 providing sufficient habitat and suitable water lentperaturcs 

 for Ihc nvcrs utiui and grayling (ishenes, "77»a 15 Ihe nufsi 

 positive project we've dune tn a hmn time." saiil Ch^iinnan 

 An Chnslcnscn- 



lanks 



Tour of tilt stockwater wfll prof;ram 



Houlinr mnnilnnni: find writ ctteck 



Mobile iolar panel /or pump oprralum 



