Fresno fishing boundary could be moved

Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson

On Tuesday evening in the Duck Inn Olympic Room, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Tom Sawatzke opens a meeting with a Powerpoint presentation summing up reasons the bureau closed fishing access at the Fresno Dam spillway.

While he made no promises, a U. S. Bureau of Reclamation representative told a Havre crowd Tuesday that there is a chance to move fishing closer to Fresno Dam.

"I'm trying to tell you that we have a responsibility to provide a secure facility — that is kind of a gray definition — and we want the people safe, " Reclamation Deputy Area Manager Tom Saw...