Facebook Live Phil Monahan with Orvis, Brian Wheeler with the Big Hole River Foundation, Guy Alsentzer with Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and Wade Fellin with Big Hole Lodge discuss dwindling brown trout numbers in southwest Montana during a Facebook Live event June 30, 2021.
A panel of waterway stakeholders today raised alarm bells on declining brown trout numbers in southwest Montana.
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Upper Missouri Waterkeeper report finding southwest Montana rivers face low flows, rising temperatures and increased pollution.
Those factors could be impacting brown trout populations, but biologists aren’t sure of the exact culprit. Big Hole Lodge co-owner Wade Fellin says it’s a scary time to be a fishing guide.