Montana FWP released proposed Madison River Rule Proposal 12-531 for public comment, and noted there will be a digitally-based conference 20 October 20 public hearing to review the proposal in detail.
Read their release (partly copied in the image above) here, and note on the linked page there are links out to full text of the proposed rule, the accompanying EA, and the two petitions upon which the rule was in part based. You can throw your two cents in as well via the comment portal on the FWP page.
Local media have provided a bit of coverage as well; here’s the BDC’s take on the issue.
And by the way, the crickets you hear in the background reflect the silence once again from the Madison River Foundation on the issue…