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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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.

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. ...

While several fishing restrictions have been lifted from Montana rivers during the past couple weeks because of cooler temperatures, the Big Hole River will be closed to fishing in its entirety ...

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 ...