This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. O’Brien Creek is situated about four miles west of Missoula, Montana. Flowing alongside country roads, it meanders past neighborhoods on its journey to the Bitterroot River, a tributary of the Clark Fork.

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