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.

Programs started or regularly supported by BRTU include Bitterroot Buggers, Trout in the Classroom and Bugs in the Classroom.

The Natural Resource Damage Program worked with its council to fund a Blacktail Creek project to improve passage of native trout in a stretch along the Butte Country Club golf ...