Grayling savior-- science or politics? PDF Print E-mail
The fluvial arctic grayling are one of Montana's rarest fish.

That wasn't always so.

At one time, the easily fooled grayling were caught by the basketfuls to feed hungry homesteaders, miners and cowboys all the way along the upper Missouri River drainage. Over-fishing, competition from introduced non-native trout, and habitat degradation slowly pushed the fish best known for its large dorsal fin back into the upper reaches of the Big Hole Basin.

Now there's perhaps a few thousand that survive in this last stronghold.
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