The 21st annual meeting of the Montana Chapter of the American Water Resources Association was held Monday and Tuesday, October 4 and 5, 2004 in Helena, Montana at the Red Lion Hotel. This marked a change from past years when the meeting traditionally has taken place on a Thursday and Friday. A pre-meeting field trip to the Canyon Ferry Reservoir area south of Helena started things off this year and offered a superb chance to view the impacts of the fires, floods and debris flows. Tour guides Chuck Parrett (U.S. Geological Survey), Bo Stuart (U.S. Forest Service) and others led stimulating discussions of the post-fire flood hydrology, hydraulics of debris flows, values-at-risk, post-fire treatments and local management implications.

Thanks to all who contributed and made the meeting a huge success.

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AWRA 2004 field trip.