Patagonia wants to crush fly fishing’s barriers to entry, empower our community and keep fishable waders out of landfills. For a limited time, Fins & Feathers of Bozeman is selling upcycled Patagonia waders (valued at $500) for only $200….
Category: Issues
Federal Court Reverses Rollback of MT Nutrient Pollution Standard
On October 30, 2020 the Federal District Court of Montana Issued An Order In Our (Second) Nutrient Pollution Exemption Lawsuit Holding EPA & MT Accountable to Improve Wastewater Pollution Controls For Most of MT’s Largest Polluters In response to our…
Update: “Waters of the United States” Rule in Montana
For the past 5 years Upper Missouri Waterkeeper has defended the scope of legal protections for headwater streams in Montana, arguing science – not politics – is the lawful baseline. The federal Clean Water Act is a crucial piece of…
Looking Ahead: River Protection in Montana 2021 & Beyond
The Upcoming Biden Presidency Offers An Opportunity to Increase Protections for Montana’s Rivers and the Businesses & Communities They Support, But, There Is No Guarantee At the same time, Montana just elected an unprecedented number of state public officials –…
Madison River Recreational Management Proposed Rules and EA
After decade-long conversations, numerous surveys, and plentiful public meetings and scoping, the time has finally come for the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to take formal public comment on a recreational management plan for the Madison River, Montana’s most heavily…
Trump Administration relaxes rules for oil and gas drilling in National Forests
The Trump administration has released its plan to make it easier for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. Forest Service lands. Public comments concerning the proposed rule are being accepted through November 2, 2020. The proposed rule would cut the…
Summer 2020 Neon-Green Algal Bloom on the Gallatin River
Once again Montana’s World-Famous Gallatin River is Experiencing a Miles-Long, Green Algal Bloom. This “New Normal” is not, in fact, Normal. The Gallatin River is a jewel of our state and the treasured community backyard of Big Sky and Bozeman….
Big Trout Numbers Down in Upper Madison
The number of large brown and rainbow trout in the upper Madison River has declined below 20-year averages, and fisheries biologists are unsure why. “It’s been good to excellent recruitment for quite a while, but the adults aren’t there,” said…
Tell Gov. Bullock to Look Before We Leap With the Madison Food Park Slaughterhouse
Join the City of Great Falls in asking Gov. Bullock to order a cumulative impacts study of the diverse effects that the Madison Food Park Slaughterhouse will likely create. WHAT: Local citizens fighting to stop the Madison Food Park slaughterhouse…
Maui & Montana
What does a win for clean water at the U.S. Supreme Court means for Montana’s battle against nutrient pollution and algal blooms? In a big win for clean water, on Thursday, April 23rd, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with environmental…