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| Antony Berthelote of UM took first place as the top student presenter. Antony received a trip to the National AWRA conference in New Orleans. |
Kirk Waren wisely makes friends with Phil Farnes. |
Smiles greatly outnumbered scowls at the conference. |
Richard Opper of DEQ provided the keynote address. |
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| Rebecca McNamara of MSU happily shows the way. |
Charmaine Weyer of U of M MT-tech describes her work on the Big Hole River. |
Kelsey Jencso of MSU took 1st place honors for his poster on hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams. |
Able Mashamba of MSU took 2nd place for his poster on assessing watershed management practices. |
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| Jessica Ahlstrom of MSU keeps her beer from running into Mandeville Creek. |
Julie Ahern, one of MBMG’s newest researchers, describes her stream depletion studies on the Beaverhead. |
Leif Cox of UM MT-tech explains some of the challenges of remediating streams impacted by mining. |
Jessica Mason of MSU describes her contaminated sediment work in the Mike Horse Mine area. |
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| MDOA’s Rick Mulder explains nitrate and pesticide monitoring in the Beaverhead and Ruby valleys. |
Geologist Larry Smith happily describes his findings that the world is flat. |
Amber Kirkpatrick of MSU’s Extension Water Quality program explains her Jack Creek water monitoring project. |
John LaFave of UM Mt-tech and Tom Osborne of HydroSolutions get ready to race to the keg. |
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| MT AWRA was happy to attract people from out of state, including Bob Boyno of Field Data Solutions, Inc. from Jerome, Idaho. |
Marv Miller and Joe Moreland drink while Alice Stanley waits for one of them to get her a beer. |
Larry Dolan of DNRC dares the camera person to try to get by. |
MT AWRA’s newest water legend, Dr. Bill Woessner from U of M, gets some cool stuff from friends Steve Custer and Cam Carstarphen. |
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| Bill Woessner acknowledges the crowd at MT AWRA’s 25th Anniversary banquet….. |
... and Chuck Dalby of DNRC describes how MT AWRA got started….. |
... while Joe Moreland pleads on behalf of the pig. |
Longtime supporters of MT AWRA. Front row: Bob Delk, Gail Dahl and Larry Cary. Back row: Ron Shields, Marvin Miller, Phil Farnes, and Joe Moreland. |
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| The Katherine Chase Quartet rehearses for the Banquet. |
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