Bitterroot River

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the Bitterroot River as it flows through Missoula.

What a difference a week makes.

A one-word change might make a large difference.

Stay off the ice. Besides endangering your life if you fall in, you endanger those who come to save you.

The changing face of the river this winter.

Crowd control plans were in force in 2018.

Just like the highways, the rivers suffer from litter.

With temperatures into the 80’s in western Montana, the temptation to grab the float tubes and hit the river can be irresistible, however, officials with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks urge caution after the just finished flood season.

Director of the Missoula County Office of Emergency management, Adriane Beck, sounded a hopeful note after the long Memorial Day weekend.

As western Montana heads back to work and school after the long pleasant Memorial Day holiday weekend, area rivers are still at flood stage, but the worst seems to be over.

Lots of debris is moving in the muddy flow.

The water level continues to rise in the hot weather.