Topic: Ensure healthy habitat for fish and maintain healthy fish populations.
Implement the Blackfeet Nation Bull Trout Management Plan that was developed in coordination with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department.
Provide off-stream or off-lake (water body) water sources for livestock.
Possibly assist migration to unpopulated water bodies. Only do this after weighing potential impacts to other species (i.e. How would...
Reduce the frequency and severity of fires where appropriate and possible, reducing hazardous fuels and employing erosion control structures after...
Protect redds from scouring after heavy precipitation, using erosion control structures (e.g. water checks like logs, rocks, etc.) after big...
Protect streams and lakes from harm by all-terrain vehicle recreational use: Minimize use by recreational vehicles in stream beds and...
Establish and sustain check stations to reduce invasive populations.
Evaluate lakes and streams to understand distribution of native species.
Develop a native fish hatchery to bolster local populations, updating existing fish hatchery plans.
Possibly close waters to fishing when the temperatures are so high that it causes more stress to the fish than...
Educate the public on best fishing practices.
Investigate ending gill-netting in other water bodies (gill-netting is not allowed on St. Mary Lake due to bull trout in...