Category: Native Fish

MONTANA TU’S SUGGESTIONS FOR ANGLERS TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON MONTANA’S FISHERIES DURING LOW FLOW AND HIGH TEMPERATURE PERIODS 1. Avoid streams where low flows and high temperatures pose problems to fish. Explore smaller higher-elevation streams and lakes where fish are much less affected by drought. Montana has thousands of...

In case you missed it, there has been some rare good news for our native fish populations in the last few weeks. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced that they will continue lake trout suppression netting on Swan Lake for another five years. 89% of comments received by MFWP...

Thanks from Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited to all of you who submitted comments to MFWP on the continuation of the lake trout netting on Swan Lake. FWP released their Decision Notice this week and opted to continue the project for five more years. Your comments were much appreciated and...

June 14, 2012 Leo Rosenthal Fisheries Biologist Region 1 Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks 490 N. Meridian Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Re: Swan Lake Environmental Assessment Comments Dear Leo: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Environmental Assessment for continuing an experimental removal of lake trout in...

On the “Fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one” the Forty-Second Congress of the United States passed “AN ACT to set apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River as a public park.” The world had its first National Park....

Wild trout need your help. Montana FWP, Region 1, has released for public comment a draft environmental assessment for extension of the unique restoration effort for Swan Lake and the connected river system. Comments can be sent to FWP fisheries biologist Leo Rosenthal at; lrosenthal@mt.gov. Following the discovery of...

by Chris Schustrom President John Adams famously said, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”  This quote was mentioned recently in reference to the process currently underway that seeks...

I was intrigued by the 100 Years Ago Today blurb on the front page of the Kalispell Daily Inter Lake today. “April 20, 1912: The state fish car is expected to be here the latter part of the week, and several hundred young trout will be placed in various...

Just wanted to pen a quick note of thanks to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks for some of the great work they are doing to conserve and restore some of our native fish populations. The story making the rounds of the papers this week outlines the South Fork Flathead...

In recent letters to local newspapers the value of native cutthroat and bull trout to the Flathead has been questioned. In fact, these fish have done more for us, just by fighting to survive than most people probably know. I am not aware of any folks who live in...