One of the great things about living in Montana is state law allowing public access to any stream, no matter whose monster home lies alongside it. But just a few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from ...

Bud Lilly started fly-fishing in the 1930s. So he’s had what you might call a reasonably good chance to figure out what flies work best on Montana trout streams. Ask Bud about his favorite flies, and ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will continue its project to conserve native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the upper Shields River watershed. The project is to address the declining ...

When Brian Wheeler set out to install water quality monitoring equipment in the Big Hole River near Twin Bridges, Montana on June 28, he encountered an unexpected sight. In many parts of the river, ...

HELENA — Fishing restrictions due to drought will remain in place on three Montana trout streams for the foreseeable future, but state fisheries officials are cautiously optimistic that they won't ...

Duncan Adams Lee Newspapers Mar 6, 2025 Mar 6, 2025 BUTTE — The trout returned to Silver Bow Creek but no one said life would be easy. The territory served by Caleb Uerling, a fisheries biologist for ...

The Fifer Gulch stream and a spring creek nearby bear the scars of Anaconda’s industrial past. Decades ago, guided primarily by hubris, many people believed turning a meandering creek into a straight ...

The Trump administration rolled back clean water rules, which one Missoula outdoor group said could put millions of miles of streams and about half of the nation's wetlands at risk. There are nearly ...