Fishing

At a recent White House dinner with hunting groups and companies, Trump announced the orders directing federal land agencies to take several steps to improve hunting and angling opportunities.

Voters finally felt the threat to public lands had reached a critical point, observers say.

The voluntary closures downstream of the Lusby Public Access Area on the North Platte River and on Deer Creek through the Deer Creek Public Access Area are no longer in effect.

About 500 commercial outfitters were subject to new fishing trip registration fees this season. Lawmakers are listening to calls for more oversight due to growing demand and harsher weather conditions.

While not harmful to humans, a kidney disease is killing mountain whitefish. Warm waters make matters worse.

Fishing restrictions on the Firehole, Madison and Gibbon rivers were initially implemented in July due to low water levels and high temperatures.

The first-ever closure of its kind on the Snake lasted two weeks.

Voluntary afternoon angling pause on the Snake is a first, but likely not a last.

Fish go belly up following a weekend heatwave.

From creating neoprene waders to the ski-pole probe, few changed the outdoor industry as much.