STUDY NUMBER ; 2.2 



ORGANIZATION ; Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks 

 (MDFWP) 



TITLE OF STUDY ; Studies Associated with the Collection of 

 Background Data for the Natural Resources Claims Lawsuit 



CONTACTS ; Jim Posewitz - MDFWP - 444-2603 



Stan Bradshaw - Attorney - MDFWP - 444-4594 

 Frank Crowley - Attorney - MDHES - 444-2630 



OBJECTIVE ; Assemble data to quantify damages caused by the 

 Anaconda Minerals Company to the upper Clark Fork River in 

 preparation for a $50 million Natural Resource Claims lawsuit 

 (as per Section 107 of CERCLA) . 



DURATION ; November 1984 — settlement of lawsuit 



CURRENT STATUS ; A consultant was hired by DFWP to substant- 

 iate the damages that have occurred and are continuing to 

 occur to the recreational and fisheries resources of the 

 river. Preliminary qualification of these damages are 

 contained in a report which is available from the DFWP in 

 Helena; 



"A Preliminary Assessment of Impacts to the Trout 

 Fishery Upper Clark Fork River, Montana" (July, 

 1984) 



Further data collection is occurring as part of several 

 ongoing water resource investigations in the upper Clark Fork 

 Basin. 



