French Gulch Restoration

In 1864, the first gold strike in the Big Hole River watershed occurred in French Gulch. The mining boom created an ecological bust for the French Gulch and Moose Creek tributaries. The Big Hole Watershed Committee recently restored over 3 miles of these channels, re-setting ecological trends and dramatically improving habitat, water quality, and recreational amenities of the streams and the public land on which they flow.
See more & support our work at bhwc.org.

[@wrightgregson9761]

do you expect beaver to show up at some point??

[@masterspin7796]

Fantastic work!

[@jaredsparks3871]

Awesome, keep up the good work!

[@michaelreid8737]

Pedro, I can't imagine how proud you guys must be! Absolutely incredible! Congratulations!! M

[@BigHoleWatershedCommittee]

Thanks Michael! We appreciate your support & encouragement.

[@TheBackyardVerticalGardener]

Where are the beavers?

[@BigHoleWatershedCommittee]

Hopefully on their way....but they've been absent for a long time and the State's wildlife agency is not eager to move beaver as a tool.

[@GeshronTyler1]

That's unfortunate, because it seems pretty clear that a truly "functioning" watershed isn't complete without beaver...

[@dianaratoledo7844]

Parabéns Pedro!!!!

[@BigHoleWatershedCommittee]

Gracias Dianara!

[@jackprier7727]

In NV, they would just try to do all this with increased grazing :(