Stream Access Law of Montana Stays Strong
8/7/2011 As the melting La Niña-fed snowpack shoved rivers in western Montana over their banks in late May, the state started to close access to fishing sites. This included a couple of sites on the swollen Bitterroot River. In a sense, the floodwaters were able to accomplish what some state legislators, earlier this year, […]
NE Fishermen Turns To Congress after Legal Loss
8/7/2011 Advocates belonging to the fishing industry, who, in March, filled a courtroom in Boston hoping that they can convince a federal judge to throw out the new rules that establish catch limits, received a blunt message from one of the opposing lawyers. The lawyer said that if the advocates are serious about change, […]