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 ...

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 ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Fishing restrictions on stretches of the Big Hole River have been implemented as a heat wave smothers the region. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced that hoot owl ...

Submit any photos, videos or drone images of algae blooms on the Big Hole River. Already submitted or collected by the state. That’s according to the petitioners. Submit data about the aquatic ...

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 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.

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 ...

Recent data from three sections of the 153-mile freestone river in southwest Montana showed the fewest number of brown and rainbow trout since data was first collected in 1969.

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 ...

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 Big Hole River’s trout population is still in decline. Conditions appear dire as ever and the worst seems yet to come. Experts around southwest Montana say that, among the many factors at ...