Clues from the Bottom Lots of fish swim in the Missouri River, but scientists from MSU-Bozeman and five other universities want to know more about the fish that are associated with the river bottom. Most of these fish are small. Some are chubs or the Plains minnow. Others are blue suckers. The researchers divided up the Missouri River between Montana and St. Louis, and they are collecting information about the fish and their habitat for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Scientists worry most about fish that dwell near the river's bottom.
Almost every western town thinks it has the potential to attract visitors, but tourism experts say it's not enough to paint the park benches. To help communities determine if they really have something to offer, Extension specialists from Montana and several western states put together a handbook to help them assess those tourist-drawing ideas. Choteau, Glendive and Lewistown are just some of the cities that benefitted from that advice. Organizers now want to see the handbook get wider use by putting it on the Internet. If the research is described on a WWW page, the location URL can be given.