Montana DEQ rejects petition targeting Big Hole River nutrients pollution

Gunsight Lake plan for bull trout stopped at least for now

Gunsight Lake in Glacier National Park. (Keila Szpaller/The Daily Montanan)A couple of federal agencies have said they intend to put the brakes on a controversial plan to introduce threatened bull trout in Gunsight Lake in Glacier National Park at least for the time being. A declaration from a National Park Service director said the agency identified “substantial concerns” regarding environmental effects on bull trout and it relied on a biologic…

Montana DEQ rejects petition targeting Big Hole River nutrients pollution

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has rejected a petition filed by two river advocacy groups seeking an impairment designation for the Big Hole River tied to nutrients pollution.

DEQ rejects request to list parts of Big Hole River as impaired by nutrient pollution

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently rejected a request from a conservation group to designate the Big Hole River as an impaired waterway after the group conducted a study that they said found elevated levels of nutrients in the water that they believe could potentially be harmful to fish.That development was very disappointing because we think the data are extremely clear in what they show, said Brian Wheeler of the Bi…