Montana officials have denied a petition asking the state to designate the Big Hole River as "impaired" by pollution. Two conservation groups collected data over five years and found levels of ...

The Milk River Project provides drinking and irrigation water to thousands of people along the Hi-Line. After a catastrophic ...

Full emergency fishing closures went into effect on two new sections of the Big Hole River on Tuesday in response ... with Warm Springs Creek to Montana Street in Butte. This restriction includes ...

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, anglers, photographers or outfitters ...

The Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and the Big Hole River Foundation have filed a petition with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality requesting an impaired waterway designation tied to ...

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has rejected a petition filed by two river advocacy groups seeking an impairment designation for the Big Hole River tied to nutrients pollution.

The fuss and fuming focused on trout populations declining since 2011 in the nationally acclaimed Big Hole River. In May 2023, more than 30 fishing outfitters and guides in Montana beseeched Gov.

Two conservation groups are petitioning the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to designate the Big Hole River, a treasured southwestern Montana fishery, as impaired for nutrient pollution.

The Big Hole River and other rivers in southwest Montana are low enough and warm enough to threaten the health of trout populations that have struggled in recent years. ...

TWIN BRIDGES, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the Jefferson River and additional sections of the Big Hole River will be closed to fishing starting Saturday. The entire ...