News from Montana

No cyanide leach pads will be put in use in Montana.  SB 306 is dead on arrival.

Long term and short term conditions look great on the Mighty Mo. Weather:   The general  long term weather forecast is that we are in a La Nina pattern that will be moderating into a neutral position for July , and August. Forecasts point to a 50/50 percent chance of...

House Bill 309, the 'ditch' bill, was tabled in the Senate Ag committee this afternoon. Amendments were offered to strip the bill of any mention of redefining what is a ditch and related access issues and to update the Stream Access law to reflect corrections from the so-called 'Galt...

Legislative Action Alert from Montana TU February 3, 2011   HELP STOP A RADICAL STREAM ACCESS BILL THAT WILL MAKE YOU AN OUTLAW   Please write your Montana House Representative TODAY and tell him or her to vote AGAINST HB 309, an extremist bill sponsored by Rep. Jeff Wellborn...

Howdy,   It’s not just your clean and healthful environment republican legislators want to take from you....it’s also stream access!   See below for an article on HB309 that came out in the MT. Standard today. Anglers blast access measure Montana Standard, February 8,...

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December 31, 2010 Sent to AFFTA by the National Wildlife Federation Moving Outdoors In Nature Act Introduced in the House On November 18th, Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Moving Outdoors in Nature Act (MONA) in the United States House of Representatives.  MONA will improve...

TakeMeFishing.org Wins 2010 Davey Awards December 20, 2010 ALEXANDRIA, VA - The International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA) has again recognized the Take Me Fishing™ campaign website, TakeMeFishing.org, with multiple Davey Awards for creative excellence by a small firm, agency or...

December 20, 2010 AFFTA Endorses Dan Ashe’s nomination to serve as the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service

A few interesting notes about this year…during the estimate in both sections, FWP handled an incredibly large number of 8-9 inch rainbows. Although they are not included in the estimate, in the Craig section, they represented 1,015 fish per mile in the Cascade section they represented...

The Montana legislature has announced that it is considering a ban on all felt soled wading boots worn in any body of water in Montana as of Oct 1, 2012. This is a response to the invasion of unwanted species, ANS, in the waters of the state from species being transported from body of water to body...

From the Great Falls Tribune After years of fierce debate, residents of Craig, a hamlet between Great Falls and Helena along the Missouri River that attracts flyfishermen from far and wide, passed a 3 percent resort tax in August. Pat Hunter, co-owner of Izaak's Restaurant, applauds the...

The US Department of Agriculture is predicting one of the worst outbreaks of grasshoppers all across Montana in the last 30 years. Now this may be bad for the ranchers and farmers but it is undeniably good for trout and trout fisherman. The numbers of the predicted “infestation” of...

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