Montana FWP

Montana TU has weighed in on FWP’s proposed changes in the boating regulations for the Clark Fork, Blackfoot and Bitterroot Rivers. We linked to an article in the Missoulian when the issue surfaced last week; the issue’s drawing a bit more attention this week. Here’s Montana TU’s spin on the issue – In recent years […]

Montana FWP has proposed a native Yellowstone cutt restoration project for the upper Boulder River drainage (seven mountain lakes and 18.5 miles of the upper Boulder). Here’s the opening pitch from a recent article in the Billings Gazette…. Restoring native Yellowstone cutthroat trout to seven mountain lakes and 18.5 miles of stream on the upper […]

Missed this one last week. Vermillion is back on the Montana FWP’s Commission after another vote (27-23) last Thursday confirmed his appointment. He had been voted off the commission two days earlier in a similar Senate vote. And Montana’s infamous legislative session has finally come to an end.

Despite noted support from Montana TU, Livingston guide Dan Vermillion was voted off the Montana FWP Commission this week. The commission is made up of reps from five geographically mapped districts who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. A largely party line vote rejected Vermillion’s return to the vice chairmanship of […]