Blackfoot River Guided Tour Wildlife History and Conservation

At the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers, Milltown State Park tells one of Montana’s most powerful conservation stories. Once the site of two dams, a mill, a power plant and contaminated reservoir, this landscape has been fully restored into a thriving river corridor. Guests will learn how decades of environmental damage were reversed, creating critical habitat for fish and wildlife while reconnecting the Blackfoot River to its natural flow.

Beyond its scenic beauty, it represents a remarkable conservation success—transformed from a history of mining, logging, and pollution into a pristine blue-ribbon trout stream. This experience explores the river’s geology, ecology, and the collaborative efforts that brought it back to life.

Follow in the footsteps of the Corps of Discovery along the Lewis and Clark Trail, where early explorers navigated the rivers and landscapes of western Montana. This stretch offers insight into the challenges they faced, the routes they traveled, and the Indigenous histories that long predate the expedition. It’s a chance to connect deeply with the human story of exploration in the American West.