Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 11, on several streams and rivers in Southwest Montana.

Following a warm, dry spring and early summer that hammered the winter snowpack, Montana’s rivers are already showing signs ...

Snowpack levels across Montana's river basins as of June 11, 2025. USDA/NRCS “In general, rivers and reservoirs on the front are in really poor condition,” he said.

I wonder how many times I repeated this mesmerizing motion during our 47-mile trip along the Missouri River in eastern Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument.