mitchell slough

Another look at channeling on the Bitteroot

by Wayne Mumford February 9, 2012

False Casts and Flat Tires added more images yesterday on the story they broke a few days back on some man-made channeling work that was diverting water to the head gate of the infamous Mitchell slough. Predictably, a fairly big uproar has ensued and it has become an over night “who done it”, probably more [...]

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310 Permits, Mitchell slough headgates, muddy water

by Wayne Mumford February 3, 2012

Lucky from Button Valley Bugle astutely chimed in on the recent goings-on down the Bitteroot today. This is the goods folks, the article he references from the Missoulian is an absolute must read. Thanks so much Lucky! The Bitterroot Conservation District began issuing 310 permits to the landowners on Mitchell Slough for various work since [...]

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More on channel manipulation on the Bitteroot

by Wayne Mumford February 2, 2012

I did a little poking around today to see what I could dig up on the apparent river bed alterations on the Bitteroot river at Mitchell Slough. I fired off a couple emails and made a call to the Bitteroot Conservation District to see what permits existed in the area- no one was home. Hopefully [...]

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Bitteroot River gets a man made channel change?

by Wayne Mumford February 1, 2012

I’m kinda in the tail wind on this story but it’s important that as many river folks hear about it as possible, if even one reader hasn’t heard it- then I haven’t been remiss. A few days back False Casts and Flat Tires put up a post on some pretty dramatic looking stream alterations made [...]

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Montana SB 314, turning rivers into irrigation ditches

by Wayne Mumford February 9, 2009

We Montanan’s have good, hard fought for stream access rules and they may be getting better soon with the new bridge access bill (HB 190) that will allow the public free access at all bridge crossings and easements. That wrinkle in stream access has taken a few years to iron out as a result of [...]

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