Resources

Big Hole Watershed Committee Publications and Studies

Big Hole River Watershed Restoration Plans

Strategic plan for non-point source water quality improvement, following results of studies, prioritizations and TMDL’s.

• Upper and North Fork Big Hole River Watershed Restoration Plan (2012)
• Middle-Lower Big Hole River Watershed Restoration Plan (2013)

Big Hole River Drought Management Plan

• Big Hole River Conditions & Drought Management Plan Resources

Big Hole River Studies

Studies, analysis and prioritizations.

• Lower Wise River Water Resources Investigation (2013)
• Big Hole River Trend Analysis (2013)

Other Big Hole River Resources

Big Hole River Resources developed by our partners.

• 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

Conservation Resources

• Home Science: Backyard Conservation (A great resource for kids!)

Explore the Big Hole Watershed

• Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Map
• Big Hole Watershed Interactive Map

Big Hole Area Press

• 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)