Help Save Our Smith
In August, the latest cleanup effort on the Mike Horse Mine in the headwaters of the Blackfoot River began at a contract cost of $7.2 million dollars. That cost comes on top of the more than $40 million spent to clean up the effects of the disastrous 1975 spill...
2014 Fall FVTU Newsletter
Once again, the wonderful fall season has descended on the fabulous Flathead Valley. That means it’s time once again to enjoy some of the finest fishing of the year. And, fall also means the release of the latest issue of the informative and exciting Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited Fall...
Swan Lake Netting: Volunteers Needed!
The Swan Valley has historically been home to a stable bull trout population. However, in 1998 anglers began to occasionally catch adult sized lake trout from Swan Lake and the Swan River. This caused alarm because lake trout are not native and are notorious for rapidly expanding and dominating...
Trout Unlimited TroutBlitz
Do you like to fish? Do you like native fish? Do you appreciate good science? Like getting free stuff? Boy, have we got a deal for you! Trout Unlimited just launched their new TroutBlitz. This new citizen-science effort will help scientists around the country better catalog and understand our...
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...
Bull Trout Restoration Effort Begins in Earnest on Flathead Lake
Following the direction of the Flathead Reservation Fish and Wildlife Board, the CSKT Tribal Council and public comments received during the preparation of EIS: Proposed Strategies to Benefit Native Species by Reducing the Abundance of Lake Trout in Flathead Lake, CSKT fisheries biologists recently completed the first round of gillnetting...
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...
Whitefish River Boating Restrictions Public Meeting Set for April 10
This Thursday April 10 at 6pm in the Whitefish City Council chambers at City Hall in Whitefish, MT FWP will hold a public hearing on proposed restrictions on motorized use on the Whitefish River from the BNSF trestle to JP Road south of Whitefish. BNSF has recently completed remediation...
Conservation Groups Sue USFWS for Completed Bull Trout Recovery Plan
In 1998, bull trout (Salvelinus confluentis) throughout the northwest, were listed as a Threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In 2002, the Service published a Draft Recovery Plan for the Columbia River and Klamath populations, but that plan has yet to be finalized. Populations of native bull trout...