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State officials have found dead fish in the Yellowstone River for the first time this year and they are waiting on test results to find out whether the deaths are due to the same parasite that killed thousands of mountain whitefish in the stream a year ago. Montana...

Snow fell this winter. A bunch of it, especially way up the Yellowstone River basin. The mountains were loaded when the snow began to melt. Anglers and river users were optimistic about this summer, and the optimism hasn’t disappeared. Even as July and August got hot,...

JARDINE— A Canadian mining company inked deals with two conservation groups Thursday that are meant to preserve elk habitat and cold water for trout just north of Yellowstone National Park. Kinross Gold, a Toronto-based company, will donate its water rights to Trout...

While sitting on the banks of the Yellowstone River as it flowed past his Forsyth-area farm, Larry Rau was always amazed to think that the same stream that was so low and warm in the summer could be 20 feet over his head and raging cold by spring. “The power of that...

LIVINGSTON — Thousands of mountain whitefish went belly-up in the Yellowstone River last year thanks to a parasite and poor river conditions. Now people are trying to use the unprecedented kill as a catalyst for adapting to a changing climate. “It’s really up to us...

The health of the Yellowstone River is being discussed in Livingston today and Friday. Montana Aquatic Resources and Trout Unlimited are hosting the Yellowstone River Symposium at the Livingston Depot. It will run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. to...