FWP wants comments on boater access at Tiber

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is reconsidering its previous restrictions for boat access at Tiber Reservoir south of Chester, and wants people to let it know what they think.

Invasive aquatic mussel larvae were discovered in Tiber in 2016, as well as evidence of mussels in Canyon Ferry Reservoir near Helena.

Tom Woolf, aquatic invasive species bureau chief at FWP, said this morning that no invasive mussels have been found in Montana since, but invasive mussel DNA has been found in water from Tiber.

“We’re not sure exactly what that means,” Woolf said.

The state is bringing in a scientific a...