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Camping on the Jefferson River below the high-water mark – an example of public stream access rights Public access from a bridge right-of-way. The core law creating the Montana Stream Access law began with Article IX, section 3 of the 1972 Montana Constitution, which addressed state ownership of Montana waters.
The Montana Water Court is a court of law in the U.S. state of Montana which has jurisdiction over the adjudication of water rights.The filing, verification, recording, and enforcement of water rights in the Montana Territory and, later, the state of Montana were considered highly inadequate until 1972, when a new state constitution required a more robust, highly centralized water rights legal ...
The litigation was finally resolved in 2014 when the Montana Supreme Court ruled in favor of the PLAWAA that there was an historic prescriptive easement at the bridge for recreational access. The litigation is a key milestone in Montana’s Stream Access Law. [5]
The state also claims title to the riverbed of the Smith River, [120] and manages the waters of the river under the Montana Stream Access Law and various state supreme court rulings. [175] Camp Baker is the river's only put-in (launch) site.
He is the author of the most recent update to the Montana Stream Access Law, an Act of the 2009 session giving the public the right to access Montana rivers and streams from public bridges. [3] In a run for the 25th Senate district of Montana in 2010, Van Dyk unseated incumbent Republican Senator Roy Brown by just four votes. [4]
Pages in category "Water law in the United States" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. ... Montana Stream Access Law; N. Navajo water rights;
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