by the 1985 Montana Legislature through a water development 

 grant. ) 



A report, summarizing historical USGS water quality 

 monitoring efforts, is available from thei» Montana Office in 

 Helena: "Historical Water Quality Data for the Clark Fork 

 River and the Mouths of Selected Tributaries, Western 

 Montana" (April, 1985). 



FUTURE ACTIVITIES ; The above outlined monitoring efforts 

 will continue. The Montana Office has also prepared a 

 proposal to monitor twenty two stations in the basin for 

 physical and chemical parameters. The earliest possible date 

 for funding of all or part of this proposal appears to be FY 

 '87. 



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