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Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

In a whirlwind meeting Friday morning, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission made big changes to fishing regulations for the Big Hole and Beaverhead rivers in response to the brown

Southwest Montana has a brown trout problem. The species is dropping in numbers across a wide range of the region’s rivers, biologists are stumped as to the cause, and a looming summer of drought is putting on the heat. It’s all hands on deck, and the experts are out for solutions. “While we try to figure out what's really the root cause of this, we should certainly be doing something. I'm not the decision maker, but that's how I feel based on what's going on biologically — we should be doing something," said Jim Olsen, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks fisheries biologist f...