The Musselshell, a slow, meandering river stretching 500 miles from the Crazy Mountains to the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife refuge, was poorly prepared for the punch the floodwaters delivered.

An attempt to keep the Musselshell River from eating even closer to a home along its banks prompted a summer project using brush instead of rock.

River assessment This summer, an assessment of the Musselshell flood damage was completed by a team of experts with an eye to improving the river’s “function and ecological sustainability.” The River ...

The Musselshell River is home to fewer than 10,000 people, but is a golden example of what makes Montana special and how Montanans are working to keep it that way. The Musselshell flows 342 miles ...

The search for a missing 3-year-old Canadian boy who fell into the Musselshell River has come to an end. According to a family member, his body was found Thursday evening in the second fence barrier ...

During the 1800s, the Missouri River ran wild and free through Montana. Fort Peck was thriving at the eastern edge of the breaks, but the Fort Peck Dam was not built until the 1930s. Water in the ...

The Musselshell drainage has seen some hard times. Drought has frequently led to the river’s dewatering. The deterioration of the watershed was noted in a 2004 assessment of the riparian corridor ...

BILLINGS – A concrete diversion dam in the Musselshell River about five miles east of Lavina would be removed and the banks restored under a proposal by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. A draft ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth blog in a series by contributor Wendy Beye, chronicling a restoration effort on Montana’s Musselshell River. While the Musselshell River’s rampaging waters were still ...

Editor’s note: This is the first blog in a series by contributor Wendy Beye, chronicling a restoration effort on Montana’s Musselshell River. The waters of the Musselshell River originate in the ...

CORRECTS YEAR TO 2014 This March 9, 2014 photo provided by the Wyoming National Guard shows chunks of ice buildup in thr Horn River where community first responders and Wyoming National Guard units ...