Montana’s state fish, cutthroat trout are native to the mountain west, including in the Flathead Valley; they have evolved for hundreds of years to the landscape, since about the last ice age.

Hoot-owl restrictions are already in place on the upper Madison River above Hebgen Lake, and on the lower Madison River from ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for public comments on proposed state efforts to protect native westslope cutthroat trout in the Flathead Basin’s tributaries. One half of Montana’s ...

MISSOULA -- While crossbreeding with other fish remains the biggest risk to Montana’s westslope cutthroat trout, new DNA testing shows the populations may be tougher than expected.

Sports; Outdoors; Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat in Montana mended Thu., June 12, 2025 A Montana Conservation Corps crew helps install a log jam on Mill Creek as part of an overall project to ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana officials are moving ahead with a project to bring westslope cutthroat trout back ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will continue its project to conserve native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the upper Shields River watershed. The project is to address the ...

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking anglers in the state to help with ongoing trout research projects. Working with Montana State University, biologists are in their ...

Spawning Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri). (Jacob W. Frank/NPS) (CN) — The U.S. Forest Service’s plan to swap rainbow trout with Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Montana’s ...

As a tributary to Slough Creek and the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, the Forest Service cites Buffalo Creek as the main source of non-native rainbow trout that are spreading downstream and ...

And if you want to target Yellowstone cutthroat trout, the drive to the famed national park—and its countless fishing opportunities—is less than 3 hours from town. 4. Missoula, Montana ...