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The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to implement a mandatory smallmouth bass catch, kill and report regulation for the entire Bitterroot River effective immediately.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to implement a mandatory smallmouth bass catch, kill and report regulation for the entire Bitterroot River effective immediately.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to implement a mandatory smallmouth bass catch, kill and report regulation for the entire Bitterroot River effective immediately.

ROB CHANEY A change in state policy has Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials reviewing numerous wild fish habitat projects, and alarming some of its private partners in the process. Montana Trout Unlimited mobilized its members on Thursday after learning several of its collaborations with FWP were put on hold pending a new review by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission. All the projects involved removal of fish, whether by poisoning, electrofishing or netting. Such projects ...