Guest Opinion: Thanks, landowners, for the water

As you drive over bridges this time of year, take a moment to look down at the streams and rivers and appreciate just how much water is flowing down there.

I know: Late summer is when water levels in streams and rivers are at their lowest. By now, crops have been irrigated for several months, snowpack is gone, and it seems like a long time since we last saw a decent rain.

But Montana’s water flows could be a lot worse.

Here at FWP, we talk a lot about the contributions that agriculture makes to wildlife habitat—rotational grazing that keeps grasslands healthy, wetlands protected from unnecessa...