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...

So, the story goes like this; Back in February, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no such thing as a “navigable river”, just bits and pieces of navigable water spread around Montana between the land of rich corporations. Quickly following the decision, wealthy landowners around the Treasure State...

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...

There has been a lot of lecturing lately by opponents of native fish recovery regarding the misuse of the terms “stable” and “secure” They seem to feel that if they can unilaterally declare that the fish populations in Flathead Lake are “stable” or “secure” there will be no need...

The Natural Resources Defense Council has released a report on how well states are preparing to meet the challenges of how climate change will affect their water resources. Ready or Not: How Water-Ready is Your State? So how ready is Montana? Unfortunately, we rank in the bottom of the...

I was intrigued by this blog post by Singlebarbed on a paper studying the heritability of susceptibility to angling by fish populations. It sounded interesting, so I looked up the paper. http://tinyurl.com/7b9lkpt The study was done on largemouth bass, but there is no reason to suspect that it could...

The following is a fact sheet concerning the current state of the Flathead fishery compiled by Flathead Valley TU and Montana TU to answer questions and misinformation about the system. What is the problem with the fishery at Flathead Lake and the upper Flathead River system? Non-native and highly...

Mike Howe of AAble Charters wanted us to remind you that Art Hoffart of F.O.A.M (Fishing Outfitters Association of Montana) will be at Snappys Sport Senter in Kalispell at 5:30pm on April 9th to explain insurance requirements for Montana guides and outfitters. If you are a guide One should...

(The following is an editorial printed in the Missoulian on March 23 by FVTU President Chris Schustrom and MTU Executive Director Bruce Farling.) By Chris Schustrom and Bruce Farling This spring native westslope cutthroat and bull trout will stage for their epic journeys from Flathead Lake to spawning streams...