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No more “Keep Out” signs – Bridge Access Decision Explained

Montana Code Annotated:   23-2-302. Recreational use permitted — limitations — exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) through (5), all surface waters that are capable of recreational use may be so used by the public without regard to the ownership of the land underlying the waters. On January 16,...

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...

Keeping the Public on Montana Public Land and Water. (Now and Forever!)

The Public Land and Water Association is to heartily congratulated on the victory in the Montana Supreme Court opinion in PLWA v. Madison County.  The precedent-setting decision assures us all of continuing access to Montana’s public waters. They did all the heavy lifting in the case. Montana TU filed an...

Conservation Alert from Montana TU: Fish Creek

Tell Montana FWP Not to Over-Develop Fish Creek State Park! Update:  Comment Deadline extended to Feb 7 WHAT:  The Parks Division of Montana FWP recently released a draft management plan for 5,600-acre Fish Creek State Park, which is located on Lower Fish Creek near its confluence with the Clark...

FVTU January General Meeting

Fisheries in the Crown of the Continent – Glacier National Park     While Glacier National Park is renowned for its spectacular scenery, wildlife and hiking opportunities, the Park also supports vital populations of native fish and an active fisheries management program. A male is able to get an...

It’s a Merry Christmas on LPO

Got a note this morning on the current status of the kokanee population on Lake Pend Oreille and it looks like continued good news. As you all know, Idaho Fish and Game began netting predatory lake trout in Pend Oreille in 2006 following the crash of the kokanee population...

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...

Fish The Fish Raises $15,000 for Breast Cancer Recovery

Congratulations to the Whitefish Knotty Nymyphs. Here’s the good news from their press release Inaugural Fish the Fish Event Raises $15,000 for Breast Cancer Recovery WHITEFISH; September X, 2013 – Hundreds attended a new community event called Fish the Fish, held August 13 at Whitefish Mountain Resort, and helped...

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