Beartooth Stock Association And Montana State university Extension Stillwater County are helping to protect and enhance the water quality of surface waters of Carbon and Stillwater counties by helping ranchers implement management techniques on and around livestock working and holding facilities.  The Mission Statement for this project is to: Identify producer(s) that we can assist to do the most good in improving the water quality in local drainages; Raise rancher’s awareness of potential environmental risks on their own operations and provide ideas for practical solutions.  We hope to accomplish this by: Selecting and funding rancher(s) livestock facility improvements in Stillwater and Carbon County to prevent or correct environmental concerns; Improving environmental and economic bottom line by encouraging good stewardship and promoting regulatory compliance; using a voluntary, flexible process that starts from a rancher’s own knowledge and sense of how to best manage their operation. So far we have achieved the following outcomes: Raised rancher’s awareness of their own operations potential environmental risks; Provided ideas and resources for ranchers to develop their own strategy for integrating cost effective, science-based environmental considerations into production decisions; Documented present stewardship efforts that are protecting water quality; Reduced livestock health risks; Demonstrated best management practices; Helped correct environmental concerns; Capitalized on public and private funding programs: GLCI, Montana Farm Bureau, Trout unlimited, and Pheasants Forever. Six producers managing 50,000 acres in Stillwater County worked through an environmental management self assessment of their operations and were extremely relieved to discover that they were not breaking the law and many of the things they were already doing kept them in compliance. They found in most cases they could make a few simple management changes, document what they were doing and would be in compliance.