
In 2009, FWP and a citizen workgroup began updating the Upper Missouri River Reservoir Fisheries Management Plan and provided opportunities for public participation and comment.
In places like the Upper Missouri River reservoirs, where fishing pressure is high, social expectations are diverse and multi-species fish management is necessary, it is most productive to create plans to direct fisheries managers and insure the desires of various users are recognized.
This is your invitation to stay involved. [Learn more]
Beginning in 1995, the Montana legislature passed the Future Fisheries Improvement Program, which increased the dollars allocated to fish habitat restoration and expanded the program to include habitat improvements in lakes or reservoirs.
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The articles in this issue highlight the wide diversity of tremendous fisheries we manage in the state; from hatchery supported walleye and trout fisheries in a variety of reservoirs to our internationally recognized wild trout fisheries. [Newsletter]