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    Good news !!

    H. B. 309 died in Committee.

    Follow the link for more information.

    http://www.kpax.com/news/mt-senate-committee-kills-stream-access-bill/

    John
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    Thanks for the link. Message sent.

    Thanks for the link. Message sent.
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    Another point of view ...

    http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/jfs_photo/Access.jpg

    ... for what it is worth.
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    Here's a link ...

    ... to the Missoulian article regarding the hearing before a Senate committee yesterday in Helena.

    http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_72ac1808-4a03-11e0-b07f-001cc4c03286.html...
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    Just some preliminary thoughts ...

    ... on how to proceed if HB309 is passed by the Senate and the proposed changes to the Montana Stream Access statute go into effect.

    For those who are seriously interested in this subject, here...
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    I will respectfully disagree ...

    ... but not defer to this guy.

    The "new subsection (2)(c)(ii) of MCA 23-2-302" to which he refers is the one that I mentioned above that I believe refers to backwaters and sloughs. The preceding...
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    Pay to Play

    The question of public access to those three spring creeks did come up a couple years ago in another thread. The answer, as I recall, is pretty much in line with what Scott explained above - the...
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    This particular linked article ...

    ... refers to "irrigation streams." There is no such reference in HB309. For clarification, for those who have not read HB309, the references are to "diverted water". And the bill seems to be clear...
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    "Slough" is not mentioned in the underlying statute ...

    ... nor in HB309. Obviously, therefore, it is not defined in either. Absent a definition in the law, the plain, ordinary meaning of the word should be applied if a contest arises over what someone...
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    Here's another link ...

    ... this one to an editorial in today's Missoulian by Bruce Farling, executive director of Montana Trout Unlimited.
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    That was not a final vote by the House.

    Follow the link for today's article in the Missoulian.

    http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_0d875e0e-34d4-11e0-8b78-001cc4c03286.html

    This is a much better discussion than...
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    Montana Stream Access

    Without taking a position on what the pending HB 309 actually says, here is a link to a proposed ammendment to Montana's Stream Access Laws which strikes a good number of folks here in Montana as an...
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