MISSOULA — In what sounds as tangled as a spilled tackle box, a free punch-card program has allowed a federally threatened fish species to remain legally catchable for Montana anglers. “In most waters ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to approve four additional protections for bull trout in the Hungry Horse Reservoir and the South Fork of the Flathead River. The new ...

Ray Vinkey joked that state fisheries biologist Caleb Uerling provides an Uber service for bull trout. In reality, Uerling, an employee of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, does occasionally transport ...

Roman Battaglia / JPR News At a small dam on Sun Creek made out of corrugated vinyl sheeting, National Park Service fish biologist Dave Hering shuts off water leading into a metal box the size of a ...

High up in the mountains of Central Washington, in cool, clear headwaters, you might be lucky to find the most elusive of fish: the bull trout. Federally listed as a threatened species under the ...