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Environmental Health Department
Environmental Health is the aspect of public health that addresses the interaction between human health and the environment. Our health is affected by the quality of air, land, food and water resources.  Maintaining and improving public health by managing those environmental factors that affect health is the goal of this department.
Contact Information
Lake County Courthouse
106 4th Avenue East
Polson, MT 59860
Phone 406-883-7236
FAX 406-883-7205
E-mail
The Lake County Board of Health is responsible for assessing health needs in the community, developing policies and programs to meet those needs and insuring the personnel, training, enforcement mechanisms, and resources are available to meet the community’s public health priorities.
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Lake County Board of Health
Back Row: Health Officer John Williams, M.D., Wayne Fuchs, Cmsr. Chuck Whitson, Gordon (Duff) Gerrish, Cmsr. Paddy Trusler
Front Row: Tribal Health Rep. LeeAnna Muzquiz, M.D., Ruth Hodges, Barbara Dolphin
(Cmsr Bill Barron not pictured) |
Lake County Board of Health: Yesterday & Today
Originally formed to protect citizens from the smallpox epidemic, local health boards have been serving Montana communities since as early as 1879. Soon they began addressing public health issues of all sorts and in 1901 the Montana Legislature created the State Board of Health.
Together the local boards went on to address decades of changing health problems, form smallpox and polio to tuberculosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The State Board of Health was taken off the books in the 1995 legislature.
Today communities are still served by local Boards of Health who work closely with state agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services and Montana Department of Environmental Quality as well as Tribal Health organizations to ensure the health and safety of Montana’s communities.
The Lake County Board of Health oversees all facets of the Lake County Health Department including Public Health, Environmental Health and Solid Waste. The Board meets bi-monthly to discuss current public health topics such as emergency preparedness, wastewater regulations, family health and wellness, and to review any variance requests from the Environmental Health Department. |
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