Akokala Fish Barrier
While the 22-acre Akokala Lake on the west side of Glacier National Park may be considered one of the lesser gems in the Crown of the Continent, it nevertheless plays an important role as a refuge for native fish in the Park ecosystem. In recent decades, the bloated population...
What’s the Deal With Tintina Resources and its Proposed Black Butte Mine?
From Montana Trout Unlimited about the proposed mine on Sheep Creek in the headwaters of the Smith River April 2014 Who is Tintina Resources? Tintina is a little-known, fairly new Vancouver, Canada, mine exploration company. It has never operated a mine. Four of its six board members are Canadians....
Lake Trout Suppression And Impacts To Bull Trout
The following is an article published by Idaho Fish and Game Regional Fisheries Biologist, Jim Fredricks in response to a letter to MFWP Director Jeff Hagener and an associated news article that appeared in early March. The letter was sent by an attorney retained by the local group Flathead...
Montana Conservation Alert: Illegal Introductions
Montana Trout Unlimited Action Alert Your Comments are Urgently Needed Please help us thank Montana FWP for getting serious about illegal introductions, and ask them to strengthen their proposed draft rule. Comments needed by 11:59 p.m. this Friday, March 21 WHAT: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recently released a...
Lake Pend Oreille: State of the Lake 2013
Posted on February 24, 2014 On Wednesday, Feb. 19th, Idaho Fish and Game held their annual State of the Lake meeting in Ponderay, Idaho. 2013 was a very productive and promising year for the lake. The past year saw the highest kokanee salmon spawning success in the past 40 years...
Lake Trout Invasion Continues to Expand
Nonnative lake trout were first discovered in Swan Lake in 1998 and the rapidly expanding population jeopardized both the ESA-listed native bull trout population and the popular kokanee salmon fishery. Bull trout and kokanee numbers plumetted as lake trout boomed. In 2005, an intensive lake trout suppression program was...
Lipstick on a Mackinaw
In a master stroke of propaganda, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1 put out a news release last week for the annual bull trout redd counts for the North and Middle forks of the Flathead River. Spawning Surveys in the Flathead Show Positive Results for Bull Trout The...
Montana Trout Unlimited offers $10,000 to help hook illegal-introduction culprits
Montana Trout Unlimited is upping the ante in the fight against illegal fish introductions that threaten Montana’s world-class trout fisheries. The organization is pledging $10,000 to Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to offer rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction of people who illegally plant fish...
Here’s what you SHOULD be hearing from FWP on the Flathead Lake DEIS
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is staffed by talented managers and biologists doing great work for Montana’s fish, wildlife, and parks around the state. Unfortunately, FWP managers are choosing speculation over peer-reviewed science and sound economics to drum up opposition to the Flathead Lake Draft Environmental Impact Statement...
FVTU Comments on 2014 Regulation Changes
Don Skaar Fish Management Bureau Chief Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks P.O. Box 200701 Helena, MT 59601 Dear Don, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on proposed Montana fishing regulation changes for 2014. Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited (FVTU) consists of more than 300 Montana anglers and conservation-minded individuals...