Duncan Adams

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Duncan Adams

No one can say for sure. Is George Grant spinning in his grave or celebrating a new alliance that might benefit his beloved Big Hole? The Big Hole River Foundation was founded in 1988 by celebrated Montana conservationist, angler and fly-tier George Grant, a Butte native. Grant died in 2008 at the age of 102. Now, the Big Hole River Foundation is folding as a separate entity and its executive director, Brian Wheeler, is joining Save Wild Trout, a program of the Upper Missouri Waterkeeper.

1 week ago | mtstandard.com | Duncan Adams

No one can say for sure. Is George Grant spinning in his grave or celebrating a new alliance that might benefit his beloved Big Hole? The Big Hole River Foundation was founded in 1988 by celebrated Montana conservationist, angler and fly-tier George Grant, a Butte native. Grant died in 2008 at the age of 102. Now, the Big Hole River Foundation is folding as a separate entity and its executive director, Brian Wheeler, is joining Save Wild Trout, a program of the Upper Missouri Waterkeeper.

1 week ago | mtstandard.com | Duncan Adams

Submit any photos, videos or drone images of algae blooms on the Big Hole River. Already submitted or collected by the state. That’s according to the petitioners. Submit data about the aquatic macroinvertebrates fish like to eat. This class includes nymph and larval stages of a host of critters, such as dragonflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, midges and mayflies. Already submitted, according to the petitioners.

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Duncan Adams

ANACONDA — One participant in Thursday night’s meeting said the sixth-grade boy who committed suicide this week in Anaconda had connections and friends in every grade. Parents were encouraged to avoid participating in the community’s rumor mill speculation about what might have driven the boy to such a desperate act. Rose Wells, a counselor at Lincoln Primary, said she had known the boy since kindergarten.

1 week ago | mtstandard.com | Duncan Adams

ANACONDA — One participant in Thursday night’s meeting said the sixth-grade boy who committed suicide this week in Anaconda had connections and friends in every grade. Parents were encouraged to avoid participating in the community’s rumor mill speculation about what might have driven the boy to such a desperate act. Rose Wells, a counselor at Lincoln Primary, said she had known the boy since kindergarten.