BHWC Publications and Studies
Big Hole River Drought Plans
- Big Hole River Current Conditions Map
- Big Hole River Drought Management Plan (Est. 1997, Current version: 2024)
- Big Hole River Drought Resiliency Plan (2019)
Big Hole River Watershed Restoration Plans
Strategic plan for non-point source water quality improvement, following results of studies, prioritizations and TMDLs.
- Middle-Lower Big Hole River Watershed Restoration Plan (2013)
- Upper and North Fork Big Hole River Watershed Restoration Plan (2012)
Big Hole River Studies
Studies, analyses, and prioritizations.
- Lower Wise River Water Resources Investigation (2013)
- Big Hole River Trend Analysis (2013)
- Lower Big Hole River Corridor Assessment (2012)
- Lower Wise River Assessment Survey and Prioritization (2010)
- Ground Water and Surface Water in a Study Area within the Upper Big Hole River Basin (2008)
- Vegetation Change and Impacts to the Annual Water Budget Big Hole River (2006)
- Reservoir Storage Alternatives Report (2005)
- Water Management Alternatives Report (2005)
Other Big Hole River Resources
Big Hole River Resources developed by our partners.
- Beaverhead and Big Hole River Recreation Rules (2016)
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks: Arctic Grayling Conservation
- Middle and Lower Big Hole Planning Area TMDLs and Water Quality Improvement Plan
- Upper and North Fork Big Hole River Planning Area TMDLs and Framework Water Quality Restoration Approach (2008)
- Lower Big Hole Irrigation Infrastructure Survey and Prioritization (2008)
Explore the Big Hole Watershed
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks: Current Restrictions and Closures Map
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks: Waterbody Details – Big Hole River
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks: Trout Management in Southwest Montana
- Sunrise Fly Shop: Big Hole River Fly Fishing Access
- United States Forest Service: Big Hole Land Management Areas
Big Hole Area Press
- International Business Times: Ripples of Change: The Impactful Work of the Big Hole Watershed Committee (2024)
- Explore Big Sky: Preventing the Tragedy of the Commons in the Big Hole (2024)
- Montana Standard: Reversing the Smelter’s Smackdown in Anaconda Uplands (2023)
- Stories for Action: Life in the Land: The Big Hole Valley (2023, video/podcasts)
- Montana Standard Guest View: Tana Nulph: Montana is Big Enough for Ranching AND Grizzlies (2023)
- Montana Standard: River in Peril (2022)
- Montana Standard Guest View: Pedro Marques: A Culture of Collaborative Conservation (2021)
- Montana Standard: ‘This is Montana’: Big Hole Country (2020)
- Montana Outdoors: Give a Big Hand for the Big Hole (2020)
- People and Carnivores: Ranching with Wolves in the Big Hole Valley (2017, video)