Nov
09
2009
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the results of its annual Bull Trout redd (spawning bed) survey last week. The redd count was down in most areas this year. The North Fork did pretty well, though, with the exception of Coal Creek where no redds were discovered. KPAX has an overview. The Daily Inter Lake [...]
Tags: bull trout, redds
Dec
04
2008
Further information on the proposed Cline mine’s impact on bull trout from the Canada.com web site . . . U.S. government scientists studying the Flathead River watershed straddling the B.C.-Montana border say they’ve discovered the prime spawning site for a threatened species of trout – on the Canadian side of the system, and in the [...]
Tags: bull trout, Canadian Flathead, Cline Mining, coal mining, Flathead River Valley, redds, strip mining
Nov
28
2008
From the Friday, November 28, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . . A controversial Canadian coal mine, proposed high in the headwaters above Glacier National Park, would be built atop the most productive bull trout spawning habitat in the entire river basin. “That site, immediately below the proposed mine site, is incredibly important [...]
Tags: bull trout, Canadian Flathead, Cline Mining, coal mining, Flathead River Valley, redds, strip mining