TWIN BRIDGES – Brian Wheeler has spent a fair bit of the last six years wearing waders in the middle of the Big Hole River documenting river conditions and collecting samples of macroinvertebrates.

BUTTE — The announcement Tuesday by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks struck some river watchdogs as puzzling. They wondered about FWP’s decision to reopen sections 3 and 4 of the Big Hole River to ...

Fishing closures on the entire Big Hole and Jefferson Rivers will start at midnight on Aug. 23. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued the closure due to low stream flows and in accordance with ...

DILLON, Mont. — The fishing closure on the Big Hole River, stretching from the North Fork of the Big Hole River to Dickie Bridge, has been lifted due to improved water flows. This section is now the ...

Five stream gages sited along the Big Hole River registered “much below normal” flows for the date Tuesday. The gage at Mudd Creek in the upper river reported an all-time low flow. One close observer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rainbow trout tagged by FWP as part of its study of fish declines in southwestern Montana rivers. (Image courtesy FWP) A rainbow ...

Fishing restrictions on the Jefferson River will be lifted effective Sunday, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The entire length of the Jefferson River has been closed ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. An environmental group is suing the Montana Department of Environmental Quality over its decision ...

The Big Hole Watershed Committee is urging sportsmen, ranchers, and conservation groups to cooperate as they navigate potentially dry conditions on the river this summer. The committee, a nonprofit ...

HELENA, Mont. — New brown trout regulations were approved on Friday by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission for the Big Hole and Beaverhead rivers, effective immediately. The regulations are meant ...

The Upper Missouri Waterkeeper filed a 121-page lawsuit last week seeking a district court’s intervention in the advocacy group’s latest effort to compel a state response to nutrients pollution in the ...