Mountain Journal

The Big Hole River, a blue-ribbon fishery that’s become a focal point in a years-long debate over nuisance algae growth, is poised to receive an impairment designation.

At an open-house meeting in Divide on Tuesday, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality announced that the Big Hole, a mellow freestone river critical to southwest Montana’s outdoor recreation and agriculture economies, is struggling as a result of ecologically detrimental nutrient loading.

DEQ Works Toward Impairment Designation for Big Hole River - Mountain Journal Big Hole to serve as testing ground for new water-quality regulations in response to bill barring state regulators from using numeric standards for nitrogen and phosphorus

In the face of dismal news cycle, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh finds solace in crawly, creepy, remarkable world of non-charismatic microfauna.

The Art of Being Astounded - Mountain Journal In the face of dismal news cycle, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh finds solace in crawly, creepy, remarkable world of non-charismatic microfauna