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HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries staff have noticed a declining number of bull trout spawning nests in western Montana. Trends show the spawning nests, or redds, have ...
Climate changes that have made Montana streams much warmer over the last 30 years are helping invasive trout push their native cousins toward extinction, researchers said on Tuesday, saying study ...
Pedro Marques and Seth Wilson write, Montana's rivers are the lifeblood of our communities, supporting everything from our ...
Rising air temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are currently reducing our opportunities to fish for prized trout ...
A paean is “a fervent expression of joy or praise.”  When it comes to the long and ongoing struggle to preserve the ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are seeing a decline in trout populations due to low stream flows and high water temperatures. As a result, FWP is investing funds to ...
Fly-fishing and beer go together like apple pie and ice cream or peanut butter and jelly. Western Montana offers outstanding fly-fishing streams as well as a surprising number of microbrewing ...
No region of the Lower 48 has as many top-notch trout streams as southwestern Montana. Western Colorado has several, as does northern New Mexico and central Idaho. But looking at the Treasure ...
And now, despite a new and desperate plea for action to save Montana’s legendary coldwater fisheries, the grim reality is it’s already too late and way too bad.
HELENA, Mont. — Few places in the world rival Montana’s fly fishing, and the state’s cold, clear mountain streams are renowned for their large populations of trout, especially the rainbow ...
Early Algal Blooms Choke Prized Trout Streams in Southwest Montana When Brian Wheeler set out to install water quality monitoring equipment in the Big Hole River near Twin Bridges, Montana on June ...
Climate changes that have made Montana streams much warmer over the last 30 years are helping invasive trout push their native cousins toward extinction, researchers said on Tuesday, saying study ...