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The Montana Land Board decided to take back the authority it ceded decades ago at its May meeting, but the decision to do that, along with a recent Supreme Court

The Montana Supreme Court has sided with the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in a dispute involving a 64-year-old water right that’s used to irrigate both private and public land.

The Montana Supreme Court has sided with the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in a dispute involving a 64-year-old water right that’s used to irrigate both private and public land.

The case law reaches all the way back to the Continental Congress of 1785 and the 1864 designation of Montana as a territory.

The case law reaches all the way back to the Continental Congress of 1785 and the 1864 designation of Montana as a territory.

The Montana Supreme Court has sided with the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in a dispute involving a 64-year-old water right that’s used to irrigate both private and

In a decision that some in the Treasure State agricultural community warned could have far-reaching impacts on both education and agriculture, the Montana Supreme Court unanimously sided with the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, saying the state owns a portion of the water rights a Gallatin County family has understood to be theirs […] The post Supreme Court decision on water rights may divide Montana’s ag community appeared first on Daily Montanan.

A water-rights dispute that has drawn the attention of all three branches of Montana government threatens to hurt Montana’s largest industry — agriculture — and public education. A decision by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation to claim water rights on a parcel of state trust land in eastern Gallatin County has triggered […] The post Water’s for fightin’: DNRC decision could undermine state land use, agriculture in Montana appea...