The fight over Shields Valley’s limited water supply has highlighted other enforcement challenges facing Montana.

The Lower Shields River Watershed is set to receive approximately $1.5 million over the next three years as the next Nonpoint Source Focus Watershed selected by the Montana Department of ...

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 ...

Where are the prettiest rivers in Montana? That depends on who you ask, but lord knows we have no shortage of excellent ...

As a result of those introductions, smallmouth have taken up residence in the Yellowstone River from Billings to the Powder River east of Miles City, according to a 2017 Montana Outdoors article.

The Shields River campground is reopening following construction of a fish barrier and bridge. The Shields River Loop Road (FS Road 844) is open with the exception of a .8 mile stretch from ...

The Shields River's first developed public access point — which is northeast of Livingston — opened this week, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

It’s no secret that Montana’s rivers, like most of the West, are over-appropriated — meaning more water rights have been claimed than there is water in the river.

In 2024 the peak flow on the Shields River in Park County was on Sept. 19 – not during spring runoff – following a heavy fall rainstorm that boosted flows to 1,300 cubic feet per second.

In southwest Montana, hoot owl restrictions were lifted on the following rivers and river sections: Gallatin River, East Gallatin River, Shields River, Madison River between the town of Ennis and ...

In 2024 the peak flow on the Shields River in Park County was on Sept. 19 — not during spring runoff — following a heavy fall rainstorm that boosted flows to 1,300 cubic feet per second.