Not all water battles in the West are over flows and usage on the big name rivers you read about online and in the mags; some of the most critical tussles over water and watershed use occur on much smaller waters, almost all of which are critical lifelines for the bigger waterways and the various […]
River – Yellowstone
Ethan, one of Jake’s buds back home in Montana, along with Ethan’s new wife Molly, have become damn good at prospecting for agates in the Yellowstone and several other very productive drainages which shall remain un-named; here’s a recent vid detailing some of the fun one can have treasure hunting along key waterways under the […]
Last Call: Our Fight for the Yellowstone – Tester Cutdown from Tributaries Digital Cinema on Vimeo.
Trout Season – Last Call from Sage Fly Fish on Vimeo. Rivers are more than just bodies of water, they are ribbons that connect people and reduce the distance between rural and urban. As such, they take the greater community to preserve and protect them. Check out Daniel Anderson’s connection with the Yellowstone River, and […]
Where the Yellowstone Goes from Hunter Weeks on Vimeo.
Last Call Trailer from GYC on Vimeo. Rivers bind communities. Few places are more tightly bound to their rivers than Paradise Valley, Montana, where the Yellowstone River flows out of America’s most iconic National Park and begins its journey across the country. Join a third generation Paradise Valley rancher, BBQ and bakery owners freshly transplanted […]
Greg Lewis’ Spring 2018 Edition of the Montana Fly Fishing Magazine dropped a few days ago; I’m ashamed to admit it’s been so damned busy around our camp for the past week I didn’t see it until yesterday when a friend emailed and asked if I’d read the piece on the Yellowstone River fish kills […]
Montana Aquatic Resources Services (MARS) and the Trout Unlimited Montana Water Project kick off a two-day symposium in Livingston tomorrow to “discuss the state of the Upper Yellowstone River and future threats to its vitality.” Their event landing page states – Open to all, this event will bring together community members, agricultural producers, business owners, […]
In today’s teleconference a few hours ago, Montana FWP reopened to use today as conditions have improved since the 19th of August. Details from the updated Yellowstone River Fish Kill Fact Sheet include – Section 1: YNP to Carbella The Yellowstone River and all of its tributaries from the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park […]
Yellowstone Water Temperatures: One of the Key Measures to Follow While not a hard and fast rule it appears, one of the key measures biologists and river managers are following is river temperatures; it’s been noted in more than one report that water temps need to consistently stay below 55 degrees during the daily peaks […]
Clean. Drain. Dry. We applaud all those championing heightened awareness of aquatic invaders and the harm they can do to waterways we all treasure; like many we’ve been bombarded of late by questions about any special precautions that might need be taken if one might have been on the Yellowstone in the past several weeks […]
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has just instituted an emergency closure – of all water based activities – on the Yellowstone River and its tribs from the YNP border near Gardiner to the Highway 212 bridge in Laurel due to the presence of a microscopic parasite inducing Proliferative Kidney Disease seen in whitefish collected after […]