Tucked in the valleys and mountains that surround Ovando and Seeley Lake are the many creeks that feed into the Blackfoot River. Among them are North Fork of the Blackfoot, Monture Creek ...

Its upper reaches and the North Fork of the Blackfoot are small ... The Clearwater River empties into the Blackfoot and Clearwater Junction, and the fishing jumps in activity as well.

They then continue southwest, crossing the Clark Fork just downstream from its confluence with the Blackfoot, then crossing back over onto the north side of the river near East Missoula.

State officials and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) this year gained sizable water rights east of Missoula ...