Streams are shrinking because of heat and drought. In the Rocky Mountains, the attention is on trout fishing, a big part of both the United States’ $1-billion-a-year fly fishing industry and the region’s over $100-billion-a-year outdoor recreation industry. This summer, Montana imposed hoot owl restrictions on fabled trout rivers i...
Montanans Asked To Limit Outdoor Activity Due To Decreased Air Quality
Record-breaking heat is again hammering portions of the northern Rockies as the region remains shrouded in unhealthy smoke from wildfires. Tuesday, unhealthy air was recorded around most of Montana’s larger cities and in portions of northern Wyoming and eastern Idaho with more than 40 large fires burning in the three states. Officials recommen...