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BHWC Publications and Studies

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 Drought Plans
  • Big Hole River Drought Management Plan, Version 2022 (2022) *reviewed annually, updated as needed. Most recent version is from 2022. First published in 1997.
  • Big Hole River Drought Resiliency Plan (2019)
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)
  • Beaverhead County Atlas (2012)
  • Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (2009)
  • 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 Map
  • Big Hole Watershed Interactive Map
  • Trout Unlimited Fishing Access Site Map

Big Hole Area Press

  • 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)
  • Washington Post: With their population expanding, can Yellowstone grizzlies co-exist with humans? (2017)
  • Washington Post: The Grizzlies Are Coming (2017)
  • MT Public Radio: To Keep Predators Away, Montana Ranchers Compost Dead Cattle (2017)
  • Big Year in Big Hole for Future Fisheries Restoration
  • Video: Headwaters to a Continent – Montana’s Working Watershed Groups – Highlights the mission and history of watershed groups in the Big Hole, Rosebud, and Blackfoot watersheds.
  • Billings Gazette: Wolves and Man: Conservation Project Looks to Achieve Coexistence with Wolves (2011)
  • Cascadia Times: The Big Dry (2002)
  • Montana Outdoors: Left in the Dust? (2004)
  • USFWS: Fish Tales: Good News About Native Fish (2000)

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P.O. Box 21
Divide, MT 59727-0021
(406) 960-4855

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