DNRC Letter Explaining Waterkeeper’s Horse Creek Hills Water Rights Victory Exposes Department’s Continued Approval of Exempt Wells Contrary to the Law Recent letters issued by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to subdivision landowners across the state…
Published in the Lewistown News-Argus, Flathead Beacon, Dillon Tribune, Helena Independent Record, and, Daily Inter Lake. Last month, the Senator from Martinsdale received harsh criticism from dozens of opponents on his bill to “Revise exempt water rights laws.” Senate Bill 358 is an attempt to overcome…
Published in the Helena Independent Record, Montana Standard, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Daily Inter Lake, Billings Gazette, Ravalli Republic It would be an understatement to say our family was concerned when we received news of a major subdivision proposal on the…
As you’ve likely read, in mid-February the Montana First Judicial District Court ruled in favor of Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, local citizens, and water in our complaint against Broadwater County and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) for their…
Judge Declares Horse Creek Hills Subdivision Approval Dead in the Water BROADWATER COUNTY, MT – On Wednesday, February 14th, the Montana First Judicial District Court in Broadwater County ruled in favor of Upper Missouri Waterkeeper in the complaint against Broadwater…
Last August 2022, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and several of its members filed a lawsuit complaint against both Broadwater County and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) for their approval of the Horse Creek Hills subdivision, a major new…
Sandhill Subdivision Lacked Sufficient Studies of Impacts to Local Water On Tuesday, May 9th, the Gallatin County Commission denied the preliminary plat application for the Sandhill Major Subdivision, a proposed 34-lot subdivision south of Kagy Blvd in Bozeman reliant on…
Gallatin County Commission Should Deny Application On Tuesday, April 25th, the Gallatin County Planning Board rubber-stamped a preliminary plat application for the Sandhill Major Subdivision, a new 34-lot subdivision south of Bozeman city limits reliant on exempt wells and septic…
Letter Requests Governor Revoke Unlawful Subdivision Approval On Wednesday, October 26, a coalition of nearly 100 concerned Broadwater County residents submitted a letter to Governor Gianforte requesting the administration correct the wrongdoings of its water rights agency regarding the approval…
Subdivision Threatens Local Water Availability and Water Quality; Commission Should Deny Application On Monday, October 24, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper submitted comments to the Gallatin County Commission opposing the proposed Hyalite Creek major subdivision, echoing concerns from the Gallatin Local Water…
