Spring 2002 Spring snows along the Musselshell Teams gearing up to study the Musselshell Musselshell Coordinators and office staff will be contacting landowners along the Musselshell River corridor during March and April. Plans are to conduct a resource assessment in strategic positions along the river. This will enable watershed groups to make educated decisions in watershed planning. The Lower Musselshell Conservation District (LMCD) will be working in partnership with the Petroleum Conservation District (PCD), the Garfield Conservation District (GCD), the Upper Musselshell Conservation District (UMCD), the Upper Musselshell Water Users, Deadman’s Basin Water Users Association, and the Delphia-Melstone Water Users Association. The assessment will cover the river from the outlet of Flatwillow Creek to the confluence of the North and South Fork of the Musselshell. The actual fieldwork is scheduled for May 13—24, 2002. The assessment will include stream channel physical features, riparian vegetation, acquatic biology, water chemistry, and current and historic land use, management and trends. Meetings have been held to explain the specifics of the assessment design and to determine which landowners are willing to provide permission for the assessment team to work on the river. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. Aldo Leopold Home | Impaired Streams | Outdoor Classroom | Conservation District | Related Links Site Design by Bull Mountain Brokerage & Design Copyright © 2000-2002, All Rights Reserved. No images, content or layout may be used or reproduced Original photo credits © Alice Wolff unless otherwise noted.