Latest News Release! January 31, 2007 -- MSU News Service
New online archive stores whirling disease findings
An online archive is now available to researchers, fishery managers and others who want to access or share information about whirling disease.

Free to users, the archive stores results from research projects funded by the federal Whirling Disease Initiative. Congress established the initiative in 1997 to encourage researchers to find practical ways to maintain wild trout populations in the presence of whirling disease. More.

June 08, 2006 -- MSU News Service
More than $650,000 awarded for whirling disease studies
Whirling disease remains a high-profile issue even a dozen years after it was discovered in Montana's wild trout and streams, say officials at the Montana Water Center housed at Montana State University.

Continuing to advance management solutions, six research teams in the West received more than $650,000 total in the latest round of grants from the Whirling Disease Initiative. More [pdf 14 KB].

Contact:
Steve Guettermann
Assistant Director for Communications & Outreach, Montana Water Center
406.994.1772 / stephen.guettermann@montana.edu

Fact Sheet:
Two-page general fact sheet about whirling disease, the parasite that causes it, and issues that concern the public. Download fact sheet here [pdf 121 KB]