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TMDL work has been ongoing in the Bitterroot River watershed for a number of years. For TMDL planning purposes, DEQ divided the watershed into three separate TMDL planning areas: Bitterroot Headwaters, Bitterroot, and Upper Lolo (see map below). Collectively, 38 TMDLs have been completed in these planning areas and published in three separate documents from 2003, 2005, and 2011. Tables of the TMDLs contained in each document are located below. Each document can be found on DEQ's Final TMDL Documents webpage (documents are ordered by date of completion).
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Upper Lolo TMDL Planning Area
Document: Water Quality Restoration Plan and Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Upper Lolo Creek TMDL Planning Area
Document Completion Date: 2003
Table 1: TMDLs Contained in the Upper Lolo Document
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STREAM & LOCATION DESCRIPTION
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COMPLETED SEDIMENT TMDL
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East Fork Lolo Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Lolo Creek)
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X
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West Fork Lolo Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Lolo Creek)
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X
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Granite Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Lolo Creek)
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X
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Lee Creek
Headwaters to mouth (West Fork Lolo Creek)
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X
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Lost Park Creek
Headwaters to mouth (East Fork Lolo Creek)
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X
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Bitterroot Headwaters TMDL Planning Area
Document: Water Quality Restoration Plan and TMDLs for the Bitterroot Headwaters TMDL Planning Area
Document Completion Date: 2005
Table 2: TMDLs Contained in the Bitterroot Headwaters Document
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STREAM & LOCATION DESCRIPTION
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COMPLETED TMDL
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SEDIMENT
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TEMPERATURE
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Buck Creek
Headwaters to mouth (West Fork Bitterroot River)
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X
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Ditch Creek
Headwaters to mouth (West Fork Bitterroot River)
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X
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East Fork Bitterroot River
Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness boundary to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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X
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Gilbert Creek
Headwater to mouth (Laird Creek)
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X
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Hughes Creek
Headwaters to mouth (West Fork Bitterroot River)
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X
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X
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Laird Creek
Headwaters to mouth (East Fork Bitterroot River)
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X
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Nez Perce Fork Bitterroot River
Headwaters to mouth (West Fork Bitterroot River)
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X
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Overwhich Creek
Headwaters to mouth (West Fork Bitterroot River)
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X
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Reimel Creek
Headwaters to mouth (East Fork Bitterroot River)
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X
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West Fork Bitterroot River
Headwaters to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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X
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Bitterroot TMDL Planning Area
Document: Bitterroot Temperature & Tributary Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads and Framework Water Quality Improvement Plan
Document Completion Date: 2011
A schedule for the temperature and tributary sediment TMDLs was created for stakeholders to track the progress of the project, and is still available if you would like to review the project's history. A map of streams that were assessed for sediment (map size: 0.9 MB) as part of the Bitterroot TMDLs project, and the streams that were included in the 2007 sediment sampling field work, is also still available for viewing. Note that the map is not a reflection of the sediment TMDLs that were completed; streams with completed sediment TMDLs are shown in Table 3.
Presentations related to these TMDLs can be found on the Bitterroot Watershed TMDL Project Outreach page.
Table 3: TMDLs Contained in the Bitterroot Document
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STREAM & LOCATION DESCRIPTON
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COMPLETED TMDL
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SEDIMENT
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TEMPERATURE
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Ambrose Creek
Headwaters to the mouth (Threemile Creek)
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X
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Bass Creek
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness boundary to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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Bitterroot River
Skalkaho Creek to Eightmile Creek
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X
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Bitterroot River
Eightmile Creek to the mouth (Clark Fork River)
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X
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Lick Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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Lolo Creek
Headwaters to Sheldon Creek
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X
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Lolo Creek
Sheldon Creek to Mormon Creek
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X
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Lolo Creek
Mormon Creek to the mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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McClain Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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Miller Creek
Headwaters to the mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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X
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Muddy Spring Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Gold Creek) T7N, R19W, S2
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X
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North Burnt Fork Creek
Confluence with South Burnt Fork Creek to Mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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Rye Creek
North Fork to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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Sleeping Child Creek
Headwaters to the mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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X
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Sweathouse Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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Threemile Creek
Headwaters to mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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Willow Creek
Headwaters to the mouth (Bitterroot River)
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X
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X
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Page Released: July 17, 2012
Last Updated: July 19, 2012
