Search Chum

Share Chum
RSS Chum
Translate Chum

 

Entries in montana stream access (2)

Friday
Feb242012

The Supreme Court’s ruling in PPL Montana comes as no great surprise

The environmental law and policy blog Legal Planet, a collaboration between UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law, analyzes the recent Supreme Court decision in PPL Montana v. State of Montana.

LINK

The State of Montana claimed that the Upper Missouri, Madison and Clark Fork Rivers to be navigable for title purposes under federal law, and that their beds and banks are therefore public lands owned by Montana in its sovereign capacity under public trust principles.

Not so, declared the U.S. Supreme Court.

Thursday
Mar242011

You can still "fish that ditch" in Montana

Huey Lewis vows revenge, threatens to release hoard of hungry imported Columbia River sea lions into Mitchell Slough.

LINK