montana stream access law

Gift Baskets for Landowners

by Wayne Mumford December 26, 2011

A week or so ago, anglers from the Pennsylvania Steelhead Association, Gem City Outdoorsmen Club and Fly Tiers, 3CU, and the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie got together and delivered Christmas baskets to landowners who allowed public access to the shorelines of their properties on Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie tributaries. They have been giving out the gift [...]

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Montana Coalition for Stream Access

by Wayne Mumford March 25, 2011

Bob Lienemann from the Montana Coalition for Stream Access left this comment on a recent post today and I wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to read it: As most of you are aware by now, The Coalition for Stream Access has reformed and has been active on Facebook . All of us [...]

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Montana Stream Access HB 309, Wanted- Your Public Stream Access Rights

by Wayne Mumford March 7, 2011

Tuesday March 8th is the big day in Helena. Senate hearings start up and on the agenda is Montana Stream Access HB 309, the “ditch” bill. Stream access supporters will be gathering to tar and feather the representatives supporting the bill voice opposition to this bill. The Rally will start at 2 PM, in the [...]

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Todays Update on Montana HB 309

by Wayne Mumford February 16, 2011

I got a call today from Mike Volesky, Governor Schweitzer’s policy advisor for Natural Resources in response to an email (see below) I fired off yesterday. While Volesky refrained on any commitment one way or the other on a veto if this bill made it to the governors desk he did echo Sen. Kendall Van [...]

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3rd Reading Montana HB 309 Passes-it’s off the Senate

by Wayne Mumford February 10, 2011

One of the great ironies of our current democratic political process, voting for or against referendums and watching policy being made in this country these days is how quickly elected officials will turn on their constituencies who previously voted to pass a law or bill and have them gutted or superseded by a new bill [...]

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Huey Lewis and the Sloughs

by Wayne Mumford February 8, 2011

Private interests are once again trying to subvert Montana’s Stream Access Law with a thinly disguised, ill written and poorly conceived bill promoting there own agendas. Rep. Jeff Welborn, R-Dillon introduced HB 309 which would change state law to prevent anglers from using water bodies that get water diverted into them. Welborn says the bill [...]

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Laible takes Montana SB 314 off the table

by Wayne Mumford February 16, 2009

“It began as a very innocent request from a constituent who thought we needed to change things a little bit… “They provided me with some language that goes way beyond clearing some issues with stream access and ends up taking away the rights of other constituents to access the state’s waterways”… Those words spoken by [...]

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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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