HELENA VALLEY, LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY LEADERS SAY THEY FOUND A
SURPRISING CONTRIBUTOR.M-T- N'S
JONATHON AMBARIAN
REPORTS...###




{COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS LEADERS
HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
ADDRESS FLOODING IN THE
HELENA VALLEY}{THIS WEEK, PUBLIC
WORKS DIRECTOR ERIC GRIFFIN
WALKED ALONG TENMILE
CREEK, FROM GREEN MEADOW DRIVE
TO MCHUGH LANE.}{CG: ERIC
GRIFFIN, LEWIS
CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR }{“WE FOUND A COUPLE
SPOTS WHERE THERE'D BEEN
SOME BEAVER ACTIVITY IN THERE
THAT WAS FORCING THE WATER OUT
OF THE TENMILE CHANNEL DOWN
TO THE NORTH.”}{LANDOWNERS GAVE
THE COUNTY PERMISSION TO BRING
IN AN
EXCAVATOR.}{CREWS THEN BROKE
DOWN THE DAMS, OVER A PERIOD OF
SEVERAL DAYS.}{“WE DIDN'T WANT
TO RELEASE MORE WATER DOWN
TENMILE AND GET PEOPLE WET THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN WET BEFORE.”
}{SINCE THE CREEK CHANNEL WAS
CLEARED, GRIFFIN SAID MORE WATER
HAS BEEN ABLE TO FLOW
DOWNSTREAM TOWARD LAKE
HELENA.}{AND LESS HAS FLOODED
THE SURROUNDING AREAS.}{“IT
HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, MADE
A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT'S
GOING ON IN THE VALLEY AT
THIS POINT.”}{GRIFFIN SAYS THE
COUNTY ALWAYS HAS TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT BEAVER DAMS
DURING
FLOODING.}{“THEY LIKE CULVERTS,
THEY BACK THE WATER UP AND THEN
IT AFFECTS OUR ROADS.
IF
WE'RE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR
WEST, THE BEAVERS ARE, THEY'RE
BUSY BEAVERS, THERE'S A LOT OF
ACTIVITY OUT THERE.” }{IN
HELENA, JONATHON AMBARIAN, M-T-N
NEWS.}{###}




[(***DCARLSON***)]GRIFFIN SAID
MANY OF THE FLOOD-RELATED ROAD
CLOSURES
HAVE BEEN LIFTED.BUT THE COUNTY
IS STILL RESTRICTING
TRAFFIC ON PARTS OF SIERRA ROAD,
MCHUGH LANE AND MILL ROAD.###




[(***DCARLSON***)]FISH, WILDLIFE
