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Category: Conservation

Reel Concerns for the Big Hole

May 19, 2025 Outside Media Leave a comment

What does the future hold for Montana’s most iconic river?

by Dave Hemphill

Montana’s Big Hole River has been considered one of the Treasure State’s gems by anglers for nearly 150 years. It gained attention in the late 1800s when … Read more...

  • Conservation
  • Spring-Summer 2025

Watershed Warriors

October 3, 2024 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Dave Hemphill

Not all heroes wear capes. Some don fishing waders and hold law degrees. The folks who form the Upper Missouri Waterkeeper are such people. Working to protect Montana’s Upper Missouri River Basin, an area that covers 25,000 … Read more...

  • Conservation

Don’t Move a Mussel

April 25, 2024 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Eli Fournier

What’s the best way to visualize the number one million? Abstractly, it’s about the population of Montana. In more relative terms, it’s the maximum capacity of 13 NFL stadiums put together, or approximately 40 Montana Griz stadiums … Read more...

  • Conservation
  • Spring-Summer 2024

Community, Conservation, & Education

April 25, 2024 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Peter Moreno

The crystal-clear alpine lake boiled with rings as the sun set; hungry trout feasted on surface bugs after their long winter dormancy. My first backcast caught on the small spruce behind me. It took me 30 minutes … Read more...

  • Conservation
  • Spring-Summer 2024

Guarding the Gallatin

August 28, 2023 Outside Media Leave a comment

by Scott Bosse

And what tools can be used to do so.

Anyone with a soul who has ever fished, paddled, or even just laid eyes on the Gallatin River wants to see it protected. More than any feature in … Read more...

  • Conservation

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