Did you take a look at the Madison inside the park?
S.T.W.

No, we drove from Bozeman to the Lamar through Gardiner.
I haven't been over to the Madison since the end of the salmon
fly season.

This past winter we got more snow that we've seen in years
and we also got so much late spring rain everybody thought
the ten year dought finally over.

And then it got hot (very hot) and dry and windy from late
June through now, and everything got drier'na popcorn fart again.

The Lamar is low but cool enough the fish would be fine, if they
weren't getting pounded 8-10 hours a day while
stuck in small pools of deep water, with no where to go. The Montana
Fish and Game
closed down the Big Hole last month, when the water dropped
to a trickle. The Park Service should do the same, when it gets like
this.

Trouble is, once (they) start closing off the fishing, they might never
open it up again. I trust the Montana Fish and Game. I don't much trust
the Park Service.