Hoot-owl restrictions will be implemented on several Montana rivers starting Thursday at 2 p.m.These restrictions will affect ...

The entire Big Hole River is about to be under major fishing restrictions.Starting Thursday, the entirety of the popular ...

Complete Guide to Big Hole National Battlefield in Montana, including things to do, history, nearby lodging and camping, ...

Sports; Outdoors; Grizzly bears ranging into Montana’s Big Hole Valley Tue., Aug. 30, 2016 Grizzly bears are expanding their range in the West. (Kim Keating / U.S. Geological Survey ...

Two conservation groups are petitioning the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to designate the Big Hole River, a treasured southwestern Montana fishery, as impaired for nutrient pollution.

Prior to Monday's exchange, his office said the governor referred concerns about trout in the Big Hole, Beaverhead, Ruby and Jefferson rivers to the relevant agency – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

Two conservation groups are petitioning the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to designate the Big Hole River, a treasured southwestern Montana fishery, as impaired for nutrient pollution.

Research in recent years has identified issues affecting rivers and aquatic life in the Jefferson River Basin, including low dissolved oxygen, warm temperatures, algae blooms and nutrients.

Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks Region 3,⁠ which includes the Big Hole River, is only 12 percent of the state’s land area, but it provides more than a quarter of the state’s angling ...

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 ...

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 ...