Subconsciously, I’ve worried about Montana’s and British Columbia’s Flathead River Basin for years. Every now and then I get something across my desk that says British Columbia will allow mining in the headwaters of the drainage, which is one of the last bastions for native bull trout and a wonderland for native west-slope cutthroat trout. The whole thing, if mining goes bad, which is often the case, could be blown to smithereens. Not a pretty picture in my mind.
That’s because I’ve fished Continue reading









