HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality's Bitterroot River Nutrient Protection Plan was the first accepted plan by the EPA in the region. The DEQ wrote the plan with support ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Earlier this month, an angler seeking trout in the lower Bitterroot River near where it joins the ...

HELENA, Mont. — Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect on the Bitterroot River starting Wednesday at 2 p.m., extending from Veteran’s Bridge in Hamilton to the confluence with the Clark Fork River.

A group of conservation organizations said U.S. Critical Materials presented a “bad faith” proposal for “a mining plan” in ...

The Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to implement a mandatory smallmouth bass catch/kill/report regulation for the entire stretch of the Bitterroot River effective ...

Fly fishermen – with their armadas of rubber boats filled with anglers dressed in khaki vests and chest waders – are the iconic Bitterroot River’s own symbol. The 75 miles of the river’s main stem ...

HAMILTON – Despite the wintry weather, the skwala hatch has started on the Bitterroot River. Doubters need only go to the river and look at all the boats and fishermen during the warmest part of the ...

A Nevada-based mineral company has announced plans to develop a mine near the headwaters of the West Fork of the Bitterroot River in western Montana. If approved, the project could extract billions of ...

Rising tensions between the US and China have led the Biden Administration to announce a campaign for production of rare earth minerals used for production of electric vehicle batteries, parts for jet ...

Chris Hoffman, Ravalli County sheriff, said the Stevensville boy was floating the river with his father and 6-year-old brother Friday around 3 p.m. The family was in an inflatable raft just north of ...