Over the summer of 2020 PCEC assisted the Upper Yellowstone watershed Group (UYWG) and Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) and the Institute for Tourism and Recreational Research at University of Montana (ITRR) in conducting a use and user survey of recreational use on the Yellowstone River.

The 2020 field work incorporated a user survey and user counts to begin building baseline data on river use (who, what, where) and pressure (to what extent). The project will continue into 2021 and 2022. Learn more about the project here: https://www.upperyellowstone.org/recreational-use

An essential component of the project design aims to keep river stakeholders, private landowners and the general public fully informed of the findings and incorporating their perspectives into the project design and conduct. We encourage all who are interested in the findings from last summer to join us; additionally, we welcome any insight or feedback to the project as we prepare for the summer 2021 work.

The presentation will be given by Whitney Tilt, with Conservation Benchmarks, and Jeff Reed, of Reed Fly Farm, who both were actively involved with the project through the UYWG. They will discuss data collection methods, an analysis of the data and what it tells us about summer river use and the plans for data collection in 2021.

Join via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/93822990361