Update on Fresno and its fishery presented

Area recreators attended a public meeting Thursday evening where representatives from Montana Bureau of Reclamation and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shared a status update on Fresno Reservoir the St. Mary Diversion and the various projects going on in the area.

At the meeting, Havre-Area Fisheries Biologist Cody Nagel provided update on the Fresno Rservoir Fisheries' 10-year management plan which will run from 2022 through 2031 with the goal of managing the reservoir as, primarily, a habitat for walleye.

The plan includes stocking, habitat creation and other methods for managing the variou...