Research by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Montana State University found that the majority of fish in the Big Hole, Ruby and Beaverhead rivers were healthy. Habitat issues remain.

It is the peak season for winter trout fishing in Washington’s Region 5, and local lakes have been well stocked with catchable rainbow trout.

A plan to increase wintertime flows in the Deschutes River to 300 cubic feet per second by 2028 may need to be pushed back a ...