BUTTE — The announcement Tuesday by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks struck some river watchdogs as puzzling. They wondered about FWP’s decision to reopen sections 3 and 4 of the Big Hole River to ...

BOZEMAN, MT — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is asking for photo and video evidence of algal blooms and other data from the Big Hole River before making an impairment determination.

DIVIDE, Mont. — It’s been another tough summer on the Big Hole, with numerous fishing closures and little precipitation, which was discussed at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Big Hole Watershed ...

A rainbow trout tagged by FWP as part of its study of fish declines in southwestern Montana rivers. (Image courtesy FWP) You really can’t make this stuff up. Last week Montana’s Department of Fish, ...

TWIN BRIDGES – Brian Wheeler has spent a fair bit of the last six years wearing waders in the middle of the Big Hole River documenting river conditions and collecting samples of macroinvertebrates.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Two conservation groups are petitioning the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to ...