Big Hole Watershed Committee

Big Hole Watershed Committee Fostering sustainability through education, management, and restoration in the Big Hole watershed.

The Big Hole Watershed Committee, established in 1995, is a watershed group and a central hub of diverse viewpoints on resource and community concerns. We are a consensus-based nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation of the Big Hole River and surrounding watershed. Our work is comprehensive, spanning floodplains, communities, wildlife, water, and fisheries. We provide education, facilitat

e conversations and planning for issues in our area, and put meaningful restoration work on the ground. The Big Hole River valley is a high elevation basin at the headwaters of the Upper Missouri River. We are open lands, big sky and big mountains, free flowing river, and traditional ranching culture. Unlike most other watersheds in the West, our area remains relatively undeveloped. It is of the utmost importance to preserve the quality of the river and its watershed in order to:

-Maintain and enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors;
-Protect the river, wildlife, and habitat for future generations, including
adapting for climatic resiliency; and
-Be a model of restoration, recovery, and stewardship.

08/26/2026

🦫 Moose Creek Recap: On July 7th, volunteers came together to prep beaver habitat — building BDAs, culvert exclusion fencing, and a beaver lodge.

Elissa Chott with National Wildlife Federation - Beaver Corps, breaks down Montana's first beaver reintroduction project and why it matters.

In the coming weeks, and will release these hardworking cuties into the habitat we built for them. Thank you to our expert partners and every volunteer who showed up for this one. 💚
(If you volunteered, we'd love to see your photos! Tag us and we'll give it a share!)

🖊️ Sign up for our Newsletter
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🔗 All links in Bio!

🎉🍝 COMMUNITY APPRECIATION DINNER — COME JOIN THE FUN! 🍝🎉We’d love to see our amazing community at the Divide Grange Hall...
08/21/2026

🎉🍝 COMMUNITY APPRECIATION DINNER — COME JOIN THE FUN! 🍝🎉

We’d love to see our amazing community at the Divide Grange Hall for a delicious evening of food, fun, and giving back! ❤️

📅 Sunday, August 23rd
⏰ 2–6 PM
📍 Divide Grange #142
🍝 Spaghetti • Bread • Salads • Dessert
🎯 Outdoor games for everyone!

And don’t miss the Divide Booster Club's SILENT AUCTION! 🛍️✨ Come check out the fantastic items up for bid and help support the Divide School Booster Club & After School Program. Every bid helps provide opportunities and support for our local kids! 💚

Bring your family, bring your friends, enjoy a great meal, and bid on something awesome while supporting our community and our students!

🙌 Everyone is welcome — we can’t wait to see you there!

08/20/2026

🎥 Our Full Film is Live Folks!

🪏 One headcut. Three years. One determined group of people.

This is their story.

Watch Restoring The Headwaters on Youtube now ->
▶️ https://youtu.be/vPpT8DN-ahA
🖥️ bhwc.org/feature-films
📖 Read the Project Story -> bhwc.org/project/smith-sage

Produced by Tom Attwater Media www.tomattwatermedia.com

🎣 Hoot Owl Update: Restrictions Lifted on Sections 2–4Effective August 18, Hoot Owl fishing restrictions have been lifte...
08/19/2026

🎣 Hoot Owl Update: Restrictions Lifted on Sections 2–4

Effective August 18, Hoot Owl fishing restrictions have been lifted on Sections 2–4 of the Big Hole River.

Conditions have improved enough to remove the 2:00 p.m. fishing closure on these sections. Thank you to anglers, outfitters, landowners, water users, and everyone who continues to do their part to reduce stress on the river and its fishery during this hot, dry summer.

💧 Please continue to use water wisely and keep an eye on changing river conditions as we move through the remainder of the season.

Every little bit helps our river. 💙 To learn more, visit https://bhwc.org/river-conditions.

💧🏔️ REMINDER: Join us Wednesday, August 19!Our August BHWC Monthly Meeting is coming up, and we’d love to see you there!...
08/18/2026

💧🏔️ REMINDER: Join us Wednesday, August 19!

Our August BHWC Monthly Meeting is coming up, and we’d love to see you there!

This month, our summer Watershed Field Technicians will take us into the high country with:

🌿 High Meadow Water Storage:
Top 5 Projects & How to Collect a Big Hole Resource Site Survey with Survey123

After a summer spent hiking, camping, and surveying high-elevation meadows throughout the Big Hole watershed, our crew is ready to share what they found—including their top five potential project sites and how this fieldwork is helping us better understand opportunities for natural water storage and future restoration.

📅 Wednesday, August 19
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Divide Grange Hall + Zoom
🙌 Free & open to the public

We’ll also have updates from BHWC, refreshments, and plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Come learn what’s happening across the watershed and connect with your neighbors and the BHWC team. We hope you’ll join us! 🌿

08/14/2026

🩸“We want to do more than just stop the bleeding”

And we did.

Watch “conservation through consensus” in action, in the real world, in the place we call home.

🎬 Restoring the Headwaters premiering on YouTube and our website — August 20th

▶️
🔗bhwc.org

🌿 Join us for our August Monthly Meeting! 💧Curious about how high mountain meadows can help store water in the Big Hole ...
08/13/2026

🌿 Join us for our August Monthly Meeting! 💧

Curious about how high mountain meadows can help store water in the Big Hole watershed? Join the Big Hole Watershed Committee on Wednesday, August 19 to hear from our summer Watershed Field Technicians about the work they’ve been doing on the ground this season!

🏔️ High Meadow Water Storage:
Top 5 Projects and How to Collect a Big Hole Resource Site Survey with Survey123

Our field crew spent the summer visiting, camping in, and surveying high-elevation meadows across the watershed—ground-truthing potential natural water storage sites and identifying promising opportunities for future restoration. They’ll share their top five project sites and show how Survey123 is being used to collect Big Hole Resource Site Surveys in the field.

📅 Wednesday, August 19, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Divide Grange Hall + Zoom
👋 Free and open to the public!

We’ll also share updates from BHWC, with plenty of time for refreshments, questions, and community discussion.

Come learn what our crew has discovered high in the watershed and how this work could help inform future water storage and restoration projects in the Big Hole. We hope to see you there! 💧🏔️

Address

PO Box 21
Butte, MT
59727

Telephone

+14069604855

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