Flathead Conservation District News Today

Unapproved Home Build on McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park Sparks Legal Battle as California Couple Defends Their Actions.

Unapproved Home Build on McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park Sparks Legal Battle as California Couple Defends Their Actions.

Thieves stole a mobile trailer often used for educational purposes from the Flathead Conservation District over Presidents’ Day weekend.

The Flathead Conservation District says a couple that it claims illegally built a home along the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park is trying to have its cake and it eat it too.

The idea started two years ago when local groups started talking together about creating a resource to expand people’s knowledge of the area, and what it means to exist among nature.

A California couple is taking a two-pronged legal approach to fight the ordered removal of their house along the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park.

The owners of a house along the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park have filed an amended complaint in Flathead County District Court challenging the Flathead Conservation District’s recent ruling that the house be removed by April 1.

A hearing examiner determined that the Flathead Conservation District has jurisdictional authority to enforce Montana’s streambed laws on a private parcel on the banks of McDonald Creek near Apgar.

In Montana, you are required to get a permit from a Conservation District if you are doing any work in or near a stream. These permits are required under the Montana Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act, known as the 310 Law.

In Montana, you are required to get a permit from a Conservation District if you are doing any work in or near a stream. These permits are required under the Montana Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act, known as the 310 Law.