Yellowstone River CLOSED!
This morning Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks took the unprecedented action of closing over 200 miles of the Yellowstone River from Gardner to Laurel to “all water-based recreation” in response to a die-off of thousands of mountain whitefish over the past week. MFWP is attributing the fish kill to...
FVTU and the TU Veterans Service Partnership
In Late June, FVTU members Jim (FVTU VSP Coordinator) & Jo Borowski spent a week on Slough Creek just north of Yellowstone National Park acting as guide/companions for a group of veterans and their spouses. The trip was sponsored by TU’s Veteran Service Partnership national office. Five couples from...
Honoring our Veterans on this Memorial Day
Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited is proud to honor the service of all of our nation’s veterans on this Memorial Day. With the help of National TU, we were able to recently donate fly fishing and fly tying materials to the Kalispell Vet Center to help out with their recovery activities....
Three Fly Fishing Films to Screen in Bigfork – Flathead Beacon
Local nonprofit group Conservation Hawks will host three fly fishing films – “Chrome,” “Cold Waters” and “Through The Guides” – on Sunday, May 1 at 5 p.m. at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. The event, which focuses on climate change...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks :: Flathead Fishing Fair Coming Saturday April 30
The Flathead Fishing Fair will be held Saturday, April 30 at Snappys Sport Senter from 9 am to noon. The event is sponsored by Snappys Sport Senter and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
The Fishing Fair offers fishing fun for youths age 12 and younger in Snappys Pond...
Montana to create rail safety plan after critical audit
A report released in October by the Legislative Audit Division faulted the PSC for not identifying rail safety risks, not having a safety plan, not having enough inspectors to adequately cover the state and not participating in regional safety issues. It said...
Glacier National Park drafting major fish, aquatic plan
As is the case throughout the region, the park’s native populations of federally protected bull trout have suffered from years of predation and out-competition by introduced lake trout. Bull trout are also at risk for hybridization with non-native brook trout, producing less resilient and often infertile offspring.
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Montana BHA: Quiet Waters Initiative
The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is suggesting modern regulations to retain the pristine habitat found on the state's treasured waterways.
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Illegal fish harm coldwater systems
Great new opinion piece by the guys who know. Jim Williams, Supervisor, Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks; Chip Weber, Supervisor, Flathead National Forest; Jeff Mow, Superintendent, Glacier National Park; Tom McDonald, Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservation Division Manager, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes; Steve Frye, Area Manager, Montana Department...
Stoopid People With Buckets
The Treasure State is in the throes of a stupidity epidemic. Over the past several years Montana has experienced more than 600 incidents of illegal introduction of fish into 300+ of our treasured waters. In almost all these cases, actions of ignorant bucket biologists have resulted in the collapse...