by Gallatin River Task Force | Mar 11, 2020 | Science, Water Quality
As if we needed another reason to stop eating bacon cheeseburgers, it turns out that greasy foods are clogging more than just our arteries. According to the Big Sky Water and Sewer District, fats, oils and greases, or FOGs, are also clogging Big Sky’s sewer system,...
by Gallatin River Task Force | Jul 31, 2015 | Water Quality
Meet Meryl Storb – PhD Student at MSU in the Payn Watershed Hydrology Lab Here’s what she has to say about her exciting new monitoring work in the West Fork Watershed: If you’ve spent any time fishing, splashing or looking for animals on the West Fork of...
by Gallatin River Task Force | Apr 5, 2015 | Sustainable Watershed Stewardship Plan
Big Sky is a growing community. From the canyon to the Yellowstone Club, Big Sky is between 20 and 80% built out. According to the US Census, the permanent population of Big Sky doubled between the 2000 and 2010. Although the growth rate of about 103% since 2000 may...
by Gallatin River Task Force | Mar 6, 2015 | Water Quality
Celebrate National Groundwater Awareness Week with the Task Force! What: Well water test kits available for: antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, bacteria, copper, chromium, iron, lead, mercury, nitrate, selenium, or thallium. When: Tuesday, March 10th, 11...
by Gallatin River Task Force | Feb 9, 2015 | Science
On Friday at the Ophir Elementary School, the science was real! Students in the fourth grade class completed a laboratory activity on pH as part of the Trout in the Classroom Module facilitated by the Blue Water Task Force. In addition to raising trout from eggs to...
