Wednesday Wake-Up Call: 09.13.23

Over the past few months, we’ve highlighted some of the problems facing trout populations in southwestern Montana, especially on the Big Hole. Writing in the New York Times, Jim Robbins does a deep dive into the situation, talking to Wade Fellin of . . .

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Video: 5 Ways to Be a Good Steward of Your Fishery

The title of this video from Greenhorn Flyhorn is a little sensationalistic, but the information in this video is solid. He walks you through five things you can do to protect the trout, steelhead, or salmon in any river—from steering clear of spawning pairs . . .

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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: 09.06.23

Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt . . .

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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: 08.30.23

Back in May, the U.S. Supreme Court—in a 5-4 ruling in favor of the plaintiff in Sackett v. EPA—rolled back federal safeguards for wetlands under Clean Water Act. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, breaking ranks with his conservative colleagues, arguied that the . . .

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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: 08.23.23

Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the Theodore Roosevelt . . .

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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: 08.02.23

Welcome to the latest installment of the Wednesday Wake-Up Call, a roundup of the most pressing conservation issues important to anglers. Working with our friends at Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, . . .

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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: 07.26.23

From the Southwest to the Midwest to South Florida and from Europe to Asia, record high temperatures have made this the hottest summer of all time: . . .

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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: 07.19.23

Last week, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued the first “hoot owl” restrictions on trout rivers in southwestern, Montana, and a few new rivers have been added since. Water temperatures on the stretch of the Lower Madison from the Jefferson River to . . .

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Video: A Partnership Built on Conservation

If you’ve been reading our regular Wednesday Wake-Up Call posts, you’re surely familiar with the difficulties plaguing Montana’s Big Hole watershed, as well as the efforts by our partners at Big Hole Lodge to find solutions. Wade Fellin recently made this . . .

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