Veterans Fly-A-Thon Challenge
On March 7, FVTU Veterans Service Partnership Coordinator Jim Borowski presented 6,817 flies to Emily Sather of the Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation (WQW) in Bozeman. The flies were donated by FVTU members and friends as part of the Veterans Fly-A-Thon Challenge. TU chapters across the state were asked...
Tie a Fly – Help a Vet
The Westslope Chapter of TU in Missoula is challenging all other TU chapters in the state to tie flies in support of the Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation (WQW). WQW is a Montana based non-profit that brings combat injured Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to Montana for a week of...
Middle Fork Flathead flow changes linked to a changing climate.
Here’s a short video by Pete Fee, a local high school teacher on the changes he has noticed over the years in flows on the Middle Fork of the Flathead. Using USGS streamflow data he was able to confirm what has been seen on the river. An alternative strategy to...
FWP walks away from bull trout recovery efforts on Swan Lake
The following is from the 2017 Summer, Montana Trout Unlimited Troutline newsletter: Why haven’t we asked you to help gill-net invasive lake trout on Swan Lake this year? Well, that’s a good question since we’ve done so every summer for nearly the last decade. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t so...
IS THE FLATHEAD DOOMED TO SUFFER OIL SPILL?
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Oil & Water Don’t Mix – EVENT
Please join American Rivers, Flathead Lakers, Headwaters Montana, Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited, and the National Parks Conservation Association for a public film showing and discussion regarding the oil train derailment threat in the Middle Fork Flathead corridor on Thursday, September 14 from 6-9 pm at the Arts & Technology...
Volunteer Opportunities
Sheppard Creek Brook Trout Suppression, Bull Trout eDNA Surveys Flathead Valley TU Chapter has assisted with the Sheppard Creek project since 2001. This little cutthroat trout population located in the Salish Range on the Tally Lake Ranger District is still hanging on but we have to manually remove the...
Oil Trains – Get Involved!
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Killing Them Softly
Local TU spokesman readdresses Koocanusa selenium concerns Selenium run-off from British Columbia coal mines affecting fish, ability for eggs to develop by Alan Lewis Gerstenecker – Kootenai Valley Record Selenium is an age-old problem. Since 1897, the coal mines in Elk River, British Columbia, have been spilling selenium into...
Take a Vet Fishing
On Tuesday, July 25, Flathead Valley TU took 5 veterans and 2 VA counselors on a fishing trip down the Flathead River in northwestern Montana. FVTU is proud to participate in TU’s Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) and conducted this trip in support of VSP. In addition to the fishing...