Brian Wheeler, director of Save Wild Trout, recently documented extensive algae blooms on the Big Hole, Jefferson and Boulder ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Fisheries Technician Lance Breen, left, tags a trout while conducting an electrofishing survey on the Big Hole River with FWP's Lucas Bateman, Jim Olsen and Anthony ...

Flows on the Big Hole River are well below normal due to hot temperatures, rapid snowmelt and meager precipitation. The low flows could lead to fishing restrictions earlier than usual.

Widespread algae blooms are emerging across southwest Montana’s waterways. And, Fishing restrictions hit Southwest Montana.

BUTTE, Montana – A dispute over the health of the Big Hole River has sparked legal actions and debates among environmental authorities. The controversy centers on the river's water quality and ...

By the end of August that year, 68% of Montana was experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, and closures had gone into place on the Jefferson River and parts of the Big Hole, while hoot-owl ...

Following a warm, dry spring and early summer that hammered the winter snowpack, Montana’s rivers are already showing signs ...

After a warm, dry spring and early summer that hammered the winter snowpack, Montana’s rivers are already showing signs of ...

HAMILTON - Almost a decade ago, when people who cared about southwest Montana's Big Hole River started talking about the future, Victor was one those places they liked to point ...

MELROSE – Biologists say a fish kill on the Big Hole River was caused by a fungus that exists in nearly every freshwater stream. “It’s not like whirling disease or some new unknown pathogen ...

Drought conditions are causing concerns for rivers, lakes and fishery health in western Montana.Fishing draws more than 3 ...

Once popular swimming holes, Salmon Falls, in addition to Elkhorn Valley and Canyon Creek recreation sites, remain closed. In ...