Fish Decline / Grasslands Conservation
In this episode, Montana PBS explores how trout numbers in three southwest Montana rivers are at or near historic lows. As Fish Wildlife & Parks …
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Big Hole Saboteurs
A nonprofit organization studying water quality along the Big Hole River said some of their monitoring equipment has gone missing, and fishing guides have reported …
Privately funded group to pursue remedies for trout decline in southwest Montana
Private citizens are stepping up to do the state’s work. Last month, fishing outfitters, guides, anglers, and people worried about the decline of trout populations …
Life in the Land: The Big Hole Valley
The Big Hole Watershed is an expanse of mostly intact grasslands, sage steppe, and forested mountains that host a diversity of wildlife, from sage grouse …
River in peril: A series on the Big Hole
Author Pat Munday once referred to the Big Hole River as “Montana’s Last Best River.” The multitudes who cherish the Big Hole, be they ranchers, …
Fly Fishing on Montana’s Big Hole River, Signs of Climate Change Are All Around
Anyone who takes fly fishing seriously behaves like a scientist. These anglers are biologists, knowledgeable in what’s eating what, when and how. They are hydrologists, …
Section of Lower Big Hole Hits Trigger For Full Fishing Closure
An 18-mile stretch of the Big Hole River will close entirely to fishing effective Thursday. Fishing will be prohibited all day every day from the …