The April 21 meeting on Zoom will feature Montana TU's Jefferson Watershed Project Manager Chris Edgington. Chris will highlight MTU's efforts in the watershed over the last several years. Chris will give an update on the fisheries trends, completed and upcoming MTU projects, and his role in the drought management plan. He will also discuss a major road relocation and stream restoration on the Middle Fork of the Judith River.

These Jefferson River projects were started almost 20 years ago at the time of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. MTU recognized that the river named for President Thomas Jefferson was having serious problems and felt it was time to devote effort to that stream. Chris's program will be an update on those projects.

A number of Montana rivers were named by the Corps of Discovery, including the Marias, Jefferson, Judith, Madison, Gallatin and Clark's Fork. The Judith River was named on May 20, 1805 by William Clark for his cousin and future bride Julia Hancock. The Marias River was named by Meriwether Lewis that same summer for his cousin Maria Wood. Of course, these streams -as well as all the other waterways in North America - had been named centuries before by the Native Americans.

The meeting will be on Zoom and this is the link to register. Once you register, you will receive the link and will receive an reminder a day or so before the meeting. Note the Zoom will be active at 6:30, but the meeting won't start until 7:00.