bull trout

At the headwaters of the Clark Fork River, Superfund cleanup and aging irrigation equipment have broken up habitat for native trout and caused populations to plummet.Now, a partnership of conservation groups and government agencies plans to reconnect isolated fish habitat from Deer Lodge to Butte.

State and Federal wildlife officials are making plans to kill lake trout in the Swan Lake drainage. The agencies say core populations of native bull trout are at risk of extinction in coming decades due to competition and predation by nonnative lake trout.

Road-building in the Flathead National Forest is harming threatened grizzly bears and bull trout, according to a federal judge.

Montana Fish and Wildlife commissioners recently approved 19 projects aimed at restoring and improving wild fish habitat around the state.

A federal magistrate judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that alleged an irrigation project in northwest Montana harms threatened bull trout.

Environmental groups are suing the Bitterroot National Forest over a proposed project that calls for about 5,600 acres of commercial logging. The Gold…

A recent study found a way to identify lakes and other bodies of water in northwest Montana that are at high risk of illegal fish introductions, which can…

Anglers will no longer be able to harvest bull trout in Lake Koocanusa due to a declining population of the threatened species.The Montana Fish and…

Three environmental groups are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its recovery plan for bull trout, which are listed as threatened under the…

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing fishing tackle restrictions on certain sections of the Flathead River. The move is meant to…