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 ...

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 ...

Brook trout have been cooked over the coals at campsites beside alpine lakes in the Eagle Cap Wilderness for many decades. But the tasty trout, despite the thousands of meals they’ve supplied to ...

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 ...