FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2019 CONTACT: David Brooks, Montana Trout Unlimited, 406-543-0054, [email protected] Scott Bosse, American Rivers, 406-570-0455, [email protected] Montana Department of Environmental Quality permits high risk mine in the Smith River watershed despite flawed environmental analysis Every year at this time thousands of Montanans and their families are preparing to float on one…

Clean water is unquestionably important for people, fish, and wildlife. More often than not, what is bad for fish is bad for our communities.  That is certainly true of the “Dirty Water Rule” released yesterday by the EPA and touted by the Trump Administration. This new rule removes protections from millions of miles of headwater…