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Fishing With The King: The Belted Kingfisher

By Jason Brininstool • Aug 6, 2018
A female belted Kingfisher with her catch.
Teddy Llovet (CC-BY-2)

While recently visiting the Rock Creek area to simply go fishing, I became distracted as I cast my red skwala into the clear, frigid stream. I was not distracted by the surrounding beauty of grasslands and different flora, or my ongoing love/hate relationship with fly-fishing, but rather the immense variety of sound echoing off the rock outcroppings surrounding the area.

Fly-Fishing On Montana's Big Hole River, Signs Of Climate Change Are All Around

By Meera Subramanian - InsideClimate News • Jun 14, 2018
Nature is a powerful economic driver here, and livelihoods depend on cold water and healthy fish. People know it’s warming, but few will say that's climate change.
Meera Subramanian, InsideClimate News

Nature is a powerful economic driver here, and livelihoods depend on cold water and healthy fish. People know it’s warming, but few will say that's climate change.

Interior Proposes Expanded Hunting, Fishing Opportunities On National Wildlife Refuges

By • May 22, 2018
Bull elk
(PD)

This  story was updated May 22, 2018 at 6:00 pm.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is making a push to open up more federal land for people who hunt and fish. On Monday, he announced plans to expand or create new hunting and fishing opportunities on 30 National Wildlife Refuges, including two in Montana.

Montana Wildlife Officials Reject Crowd-Control Plan For Madison River Fishing

By Matt Volz - Associated Press • Apr 20, 2018
Lower Madison River in Beartrap Canyon
Mike Cline (PD)

Montana officials on Thursday rejected a plan to limit commercial fishing guides on the Madison River that flows out of Yellowstone National Park, a top fishing destination where the number of days spent angling has more than doubled in recent years.

Montana Considers Limiting Fishing Guides On Madison River

By Associated Press • Apr 10, 2018
Lower Madison River in Beartrap Canyon
Mike Cline (PD)

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana fish and wildlife regulators are proposing to cap the number of commercial fishing guides on the Madison River.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say the proposed recreational management plan between Quake Lake and the Jefferson River confluence is the result of increased boat traffic.

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