Jon Kenning News Today

River recreators should avoid contact with water during and for at least two weeks after flood events. Floodwaters have already impacted communities in the Yellowstone River basin, and more flooding is anticipated elsewhere in the state, such as in the Flathead River basin and Missoula County. Floodwaters can carry potentially dangerous debris and may contain chemicals and bacteria from damaged or overwhelmed wastewater treatment facilities and flooded homes, businesses, and agricultural fields.

The Department of Environmental Quality gave the Yellowstone Club the green light this week to use reclaimed wastewater to make snow in an effort to bolster stream flows and reduce