Emergency river closure due to construction (closed to recreational floating) on Highway 91 Bridge are in effect for the Beaverhead River in Dillon, MT - from Cornell Park Fishing Access Site (FAS) to Selway Park (FAS) starting September 16.
Recreational floating in this section of the river will be closed, but wade fishing will remain open, except in the vicinity of the bridge.
The closure will begin Sept. 16 and is expected to last through most of November.
Big Hole River
Drought Closures (fishing prohibited 24 hours) are in effect for sections (1, 2, and 5) of the Big Hole River
Section 1 and 2 from Saginaw Bridge on Skinner Meadows to Dickie Bridge starting July 19 (Section 1) and August 23 (Section 2).
Water temperatures and flows are measured in Section 1 at USGS gage 06024450 near Wisdom and in Section 2 at DNRC gage 41D 08000 near Wise River.
Stream flows at the DNRC Big Hole River near Wise River gage 06025250 dropped below 100 cfs (Section 2).
Closure criteria is described in the Big Hole Drought Management Plan.
Section 5 of the Big Hole River from Tony Schoonen FAS (aka Notch Bottom) to the confluence with the Beaverhead River starting July 19.
Water temperature and flows are measured at USGS gage 06026420 near Twin Bridges.
Closure criteria is described in the Big Hole Drought Management Plan.
Sun River
Emergency river closure due to bridge construction (closed to all forms of use) are in effect for the Sun River - beginning 500 feet upstream and ending 500 feet downstream of the Sun River Bridge (also know as Pishkun Road Bridge) starting July 30.
Adoption of an emergency rule closing a portion of the Sun River (MAR Notice No. 2025-301.1).
The closure of this portion of the Sun River will remain in place until either the emergency rule lapses or the construction is complete and the department determines the area is safe for the public to use.
North Fork Blackfoot River
A Drought Closure (fishing prohibited 24 hours) is in effect for the North Fork Blackfoot River from USFS boundary downstream to Highway 200 starting September 10.
Streamflows were measured at the DNRC Ryan Bridge Gage 76F 03500 and have remained below critical threshold of 5 cfs since September 1st.
Beaver dams and braided channel morphology have combined with extremely low flows in the hydrologic-losing reach to create conditions that are expected to concentrate adult bull trout as they attempt downstream migrations to the Blackfoot River.
The closure criteria follows the Blackfoot Drought Response Plan.
