Opinion: While fish populations in the Bitterroot are stable, there are threats to the watershed that negatively impact water ...

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest will be implementing a "scan and pay option" at many recreation sites across the forest beginning May 16, according to a news release from the U.S. Forest Service.

Once stunned, the fish are quickly netted and transferred into a holding tank with a sedative in the water to keep them calm while they are weighed, measured, and recorded.