The Flathead Beacon reports that the yawning rift between agencies over how to manage lake trout in Flathead Lake grew even wider last month as biologists came to a deadlock in the face of a major proposal to control the invasive species. With no compromise in sight, and as key players from both camps exchange acrimonious salvos, the future of native and nonnative trout in the Flathead Valley is shadowed in uncertainty. The path forward, much clearer a decade ago, has come to a standstill, obscured by competing obligations and fundamental differences in opinion. Read the full article here.