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Photograph of Didymosphenia geminata (didymo) on the bottom of the Kootenai River below Libby Dam. (Ryan Sylvester / Montana FWP)

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On an overcast day in mid-June last year, Jim Dunnigan, dam mitigation coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, stood on a concrete embankment overlooking the Kootenai River near Libby.