You’ve probably heard by now that flows on the Upper Madison out of Hebgen dropped suddenly yesterday as per the flow graph above, stranding a large number of fish in dewatered side channels and exposing redds. There was a bit of confusion yesterday after an initial call for volunteers to bring buckets and rescue stranded […]
River – Madison
Full article here; image per the linked article in the Billings Gazette.
This should be interesting – given the doom and gloom you hear and read from some regarding the current state of the Madison River, Mike Duncan’s Madison update from the perspective of a fisheries biologist coming up on the 12th should draw a fair share of interested eyeballs. Mr. Duncan is the Madison-Gallatin fisheries biologist […]
In their 1 April meeting the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission spent time discussing whether or not to delay implementation of the new rules and regs for the Madison River that have generated such spirited discussion over the past few years. The commission voted 4-1 to advance the rule change (delay the implementation); once filed […]
The new recreation plan rules for Montana’s Madison River were published last week; the summary above was cut from Blue Ribbon Flies’ newsletter, who obtained the succinct summary from FOAM. Given all that’s happening in the non-fly fishing world of late, the announcement didn’t garner as much reaction as those who have been following the […]
From the good folks at MGTU in Bozeman…
The ZOOM meeting held on the 20th by Montana FWP to consider the proposed administrative rules and environmental assessment regarding the recreation management on the Madison River (our post about it here) was recorded and is available for viewing in its entirety (all 2 hours and 37 minutes worth!) here. The commission is debating the […]
This is a big week coming up for Montana’s beloved Madison River, and for those who frequent her hallowed waters for work and play. On the 20th (Tuesday upcoming) Montana FWP will hold a digital public hearing via ZOOM for all interested; the meeting will of course focus on the proposed administrative rules and the […]
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 […]
As you’ve probably read or heard by now, there are a couple of fairly interesting petitions that have been introduced lately regarding management options for the Madison River in Montana. Here’s an example (from the Helena Independent Record) of how the news is being covered back home. We’ll update when the public comments period(s) open. […]
Though it’s been on the calendar for some time now, the time has come to mention that Montana’s FWP has scheduled this Friday the 12th a meeting of the Fish and Wildlife Commission (here’s the announcement of the zoom meeting), the primary focus of which will be the consideration of the Madison River Recreation Management […]
In the midst of all that other stuff in the news of late, you might have missed a story making the rounds in Montana about “decreased numbers of large trout” in several Madison river sections. For a sample article consider this one in the Billings Gazette – that’s their image / screen shot below – […]
The good folks at Montana’s FWP recently sent out the above email to subscribers reminding them of the recently opened scoping process as they as a regulatory entity – and many others – grapple with the tussle ongoing over traffic on and usage of the beloved Madison river, with the focus on the stretch running […]
