Opinion:Â The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has taken the Park Service to court to require it to use the best available science and stop the pointless slaughter of our national mammal.
Seven long years ago the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, with the support of local residents, took the Forest Service to federal court to halt the Hanna Flats logging, road-building, and burning project on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest in northern Idaho. Through a long and winding legal saga the good news — for grizzly bears, old-growth forests, and the local populace which strongly opposed the deforestation — is that a federal appeals court just ruled for the Alliance.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks says additional hoot-owl fishing restrictions will take effect July 22 on several rivers statewide as rising water temperatures and low flows increase stress on fish.
Michael Teeple NonStop Local Multimedia Journalist
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Hot summer temperatures along the Gallatin River are raising concerns about trout not only throughout the state, but also near Cameron Bridge, a popular fishing access site in Bozeman. Â
The now approved proposal will address increasing hybridization and competition affecting native bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout by removing non-native species through electrofishing.
Opinion:Â The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has taken the Park Service to court to require it to use the best available science and stop the pointless slaughter of our national mammal.
FishCast, a new online tool developed through a multi-agency collaboration, launched June 1 to provide real-time drought forecasts and trout population predictions for Montana’s rivers, supporting fisheries management and public access to critical information.