BONNER, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the upper Blackfoot River from River Junction Fishing Access Site to Russel Gates Memorial Fishing Access Site are closed.

Trout need cold water. Humans have been trout fishing in western Montana for millenia. In the Missoula area, the Salish people were catching native bull trout on the Blackfoot River long before ...

Amid another summer of drought, local water managers in Blackfoot Basin urge conservation as fishing restrictions tighten due to high water temperatures impacting rivers and fish populations.