FOREWORD 



Rock Creek's famed natural resources — its fisheries and forests, minerals and 

 ranch lands, wildlife and open spaces — have inspired many efforts toward cooperative 

 management. But until now, those efforts had never been documented in a single 

 reference handbook. In June 1990, the Rock Creek Advisory Council commissioned 

 the Montana Watercourse, a non-profit water education organization, to research and 

 analyze agreements among state and federal resource management agencies and the 

 citizens who use, enjoy and care for Rock Creek. The decisions and agreements 

 presented in the following pages determine how the lands and waters of the Rock 

 Creek drainage will be managed in years to come. This report is intended above all 

 as a tool to help citizens contribute meaningfully to management decisions. 



