As the Yellowstone River neared its record-setting peak on June 13, I stood on a wall of rocks that protects the town of Livingston, Montana, then trudged along it, marveling at the force of the flood. The river had begun to crest the rocks in places, slurping muddy...
The recent and ongoing mortality of thousands of mountain whitefish, along with trout, and other fish and closure of nearly 180-mile stretch of the upper Yellowstone River is another clarion call to Montanans to turn our attention to the health of our state’s longest...