MISSOULA -- Low flows and stream blockages may have contributed to some lower-than-usual spawning results in the annual northwest Montana bull trout survey this fall. “In some streams, our annual ...

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 ...

The allure of finding gold in Paradise Valley’s Mill Creek attracted placer miners to the stream as soon as the western boundary of the Crow Reservation was reduced by the federal government in 1882.

A Nevada-based mineral company has announced plans to develop a mine near the headwaters of the West Fork of the Bitterroot River in western Montana. If approved, the project could extract billions of ...

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 ...

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 ...

REUTERS - 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 ...

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 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, includes Silver Bow Creek, ...

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.