PFAS Found in Montana Fish; State Advises Moderation, Fish Advise Relocation

Sat, 02 May 2026 15:00:00 -0600

Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality and Fish, Wildlife & Parks jointly released updated PFAS advisories this week recommending that anglers limit consumption of fish from certain waterbodies, a development that has anglers grappling with an unfamiliar question: what if catching fish was the easy part?

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down in the environment, much like the political opinions of anyone who has lived in Montana for more than ten years — were detected at elevated levels in fish tissue samples from multiple locations across the state.

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PFAS Found in Montana Fish; State Advises Moderation, Fish Advise Relocation