(SST) Superfund in a Record of Decision released in 1995. Shortly after the Record of Decision for remedy, the state of Montana became the lead party on the remedy and, for reasons of efficiency, combined remedy with restoration. The state of Montana filed a lawsuit against ARCO in 1983, in parallel to the EPA's Superfund listing, to recover natural resource damages to water, soil, vegetation, fish, and wildlife in the Upper Clark Fork River basin. In a 1999 state, federal and tribal settlement, Atlantic Richfield Company agreed to pay $215 million to the state, through the Natural Resource Damage Program, to resolve part of the state's claims. From the settlement amount, $80 million plus interest was set aside for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and US-EPA to implement the remedy for Silver Bow Creek. In addition, the Greenway Service District secured $23.5 million from the NRDP to enhance the remedy (cleanup) of Silver Bow Creek with restoration. To date DEQ, NRDP, and GSD have successfully worked together to remediate and restore about 70% of the Silver Bow Creek corridor. The long-term land use as a recreational corridor will assure that these efforts are protected for and accessible to future generations. The cleanup of Silver Bow Creek was scheduled for completion in 2014. The remediation and restoration of Silver Bow Creek is the largest project of its kind in the United States and has won local, national, and international awards for environmental excellence. As of this writing, remedy and restoration of the final reach – Durant Canyon – is underway. Westslope cutthroat trout, a native species and Montana's state fish, are an apex predator species set as an indicator of successful recovery of Silver Bow Creek. Notes References External links http://www.co.silverbow.mt.us/433/Greenway-Service-District Rivers of Montana Bodies of water of Silver Bow County, Montana Bodies of water of Deer Lodge County, Montana