Clark Fork Coalition Missoula Montana

Looking to make purchases or give gifts that go far? We may have exactly what you need—something with a little “spirit of place” and the bonus of going to work for clean water.

Montana Rivers Plate | Monte Dolack Print | Lithographs | Books
T-shirts | Blackfoot Photos | Posters | Bumperstickers | Videos

Montana Rivers License Plate

Who would have thought you could take the river with you where ever you go? Introducing Montana Rivers. Montana's newest specialty license plate. It became available Aug. 19, 2007, and it features artwork by Monte Dolack—the same as the print shown below.

The cost? Only $35 to buy. $25 to renew. But the best part is that it’s an easy way to show your support for clean and healthy rivers, while making a financial contribution that goes directly to the Coalition and our work to protect and restore the watershed.

So how can you get your vehicles all set up with Montana Rivers plates? It’s easy. Go straight to your county licensing bureau and make the buy.

If your current plates are about to expire, you can wait for a renewal notice to arrive in the mail. Then, look for a check box on your mailed renewal notice and enclose $35 with your renewal payment. You can also renew with a Montana Rivers plate by stopping at your county licensing bureau.

Sample plates are also available for $30 generic (AAA-000) or $35 for personalized. 

For more information, contact Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”

Monte Dolack Witness to Change Print 

It’s not every day a dam gets dismantled. Yet that is exactly what friends of the Clark Fork are witnessing this year now that the Milltown Reservoir Superfund cleanup is in the dam removal stage. The Coalition commissioned Missoula artist Monte Dolack to create a print that captures this moment, as a still reservoir transitions into a free-flowing confluence of two of Montana’s mightiest rivers. The end result of this artistic project—a Dolack print—limited edition run, with 250 available for purchase.

The cost is $200 per print. After all, once the dam is gone, the only reminders we will have of this rich piece of Montana history will be photos and this limited edition print.

You can place your order with Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”

Lithographs 

During the fall of 2001, Russell Chatham created a four-piece portfolio of lithographs to capture impressions and emotions evoked by experiences along the Clark Fork River. The prints were drawn from small pencil sketches and memory at Mr. Chatham's print shop in Livingston, MT. The four editions consist of 375 numbered pieces and twenty-five artists proofs each. They measure 16 x 20 inches, and are signed and numbered. The aluminum plates on which the images were drawn have all been destroyed.

Mr. Chatham and his co-producer, former board chair Geoffrey Sutton, donated 50 of the lithographs to the Clark Fork Coalition to raise money to protect the river.

You can purchase a set (unframed) for $2,500. The price includes the four lithographs, as well as a leatherbound and signed edition of The River We Carry With Us (published by Chatham's own Clark City Press).

Dusk on the Blackfoot $1,500.00

Summer on the Clark Fork, $450.00

Fall in the Bitterroot Valley, $450.00

Afternoon on Rock Creek, $450.00

You can place your order with Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”

Book 

The River We Carry With Us explores life in western Montana's Clark Fork River basin. Some of Montana's finest writers from past and present give us landscape and history-in grand sweeps and intimate recollections-taking us on a journey from the mining ruins of the upper Clark Fork, to the trout-rich Big Blackfoot, to the calm waters of the Bitterroot and finally, to the cool depths of Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille.

With a foreword from William Kittredge, this collection of voices speaks to our changing yet constant relationship with the river. Historical pieces, such as a travelogue in Harper's Magazine in 1894 and the account of a float trip down the Bitterroot in 1883, are juxtaposed with the work of more than twenty of Montana's best contemporary writers, including: Rick Bass, Sandra Alcosser, Ian Frazier, Annick Smith, Richard Manning, David James Duncan, James Lee Burke, Phil Condon, Duncan Adams, Fred Haefele, Caroline Patterson, Debra Earling, Edwin Dobb, Richard Hugo, Norman Maclean, Ginny Merriam, Don Snow, Colin Chisholm, and more.

Published by Clark City Press, the book is available in the following:
Softcover, SOLD OUT
Limited leatherbound edition of just 150, signed by the contributors, $125  $50 Discounted Price.
Leatherbound book and Chatham lithograph suite, $2,500

You can place your order with Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”

T-Shirts 

For T-Shirt wearers, we have three from which to choose in a range of sizes and attitudes.

Ski Milltown! It's Toxic!
For those with a fondness for satire.  All 100% cotton, L. $5 covers shipping

The Future of Milltown: Clean Water, No Dam.
From a landscape architect's rendering of the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers without the dam. Unisex, 100% cotton, M-XL. $5 covers shipping

Blackfoot More Precious Than Gold
Featuring lively and vibrant Monte Dolack artwork. Unisex, 100% organic, unbleached, undyed cotton, M only. $5 covers shipping.

You can place your order with Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”

Blackfoot Photos
Photographer Mark Wilson, with Missoula-based Picture Tomorrow, offers 14 striking photographs of the Blackfoot, near the site of the McDonald Project-a proposed cyanide heap-leach gold mine, which was stopped in 1998 by a voter-passed initiative to ban cyanide heap-leaching in Montana.

All framed, all in color, they document the river's quiet scenes, secluded bends, and secret moments. Check out the "Blackfoot Gold" exhibit for details and prices, which range from $110 to $350 (proceeds benefit both the Coalition and Picture Tomorrow). Visit Picture Tomorrow to place an order.

Posters
Water comes to life in Monte Dolack's richly-detailed celebration of a healthy watershed. This 21 x 24 inch limited edition poster reads, "Watershed Preservation," and comes unsigned or signed by the internationally-acclaimed graphic artist.

Signed poster, $150
Unsigned poster, $5 covers shipping 

You can place your order with Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”

Bumper Stickers
It's hard to beat bumperstickers for price, versatility, and appeal.

Remove the Dam. Restore the River

Blackfoot River

You can place your order with Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”

Videos
Got 10 minutes? With these two Coalition videos, you can get up-to-speed instantly on two of our more critical campaigns.

"Remove the Dam. Restore the River." $5 covers shipping and dubbing
A ten-minute film explaining the problems at the Milltown Superfund site at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers. It also makes the case for cleanup and dam removal.

"For the Love of Gold," $5 covers shipping and dubbing
Twelve riveting minutes of water scenics, mining footage, and interviews with people alarmed about the gold mine proposed for the banks of Montana's legendary Blackfoot River. (NOTE: The mining project is currently on hold, thanks to a cyanide heap-leaching ban Montana voters passed in 1998.)

You can place your order with Beth Lillstrom at 406-542-0539 or email “beth at clarkfork.org”