A dead brown found on the Big Hole this June. In May, a coalition of more than 30 fishing guides sounded the alarm about the historic trout declines taking place in Montana’s Jefferson River Basin.

With winter approaching, a creek restoration project is wrapping up in the Bitterroot Mountains. Crossing the finish line was ...

WISE RIVER, Mont. – Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks experts are collaborating with Montana State University to track trout populations in the Upper Jefferson River Basin. In 2023, trout surveys showed ...

My Montana fishing trip ended with a stressful takeoff from a remote airfield. Oh, and I'm desperately afraid of flying.

Wednesday’s news release did not directly address the decline in trout populations reported in some stretches of the Big Hole, Beaverhead and Ruby Rivers in recent years, but there have been concerns ...

A federal judge has halted a controversial plan to poison a remote mountain creek in Montana's Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff, in cooperation with Montana State University, have begun tagging trout in the Big Hole, Beaverhead, Ruby and Madison rivers. This tagging effort is part of ...

Sampling last year found that “an overwhelming majority of trout from rivers in the upper Missouri River Basin are healthy.” That’s according to a news release Wednesday from Montana Fish, Wildlife & ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In response to record-low bull trout spawning nests in the South Fork of the Flathead River and ...

Biologists in Montana are sounding alarms over the discovery of nonnative brown trout in the Flathead River in the northwestern part of the state. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks published a press ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced they are monitoring water temperatures in northwest Montana rivers and streams, which could lead to more fishing restrictions this summer.