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PLWA Sets Up Stream Access Defense Fund
( 06/30/2012 ) Did not get away

PLWA Sets Up Bridge / Stream Access Defense FundDang ! We have to ask for money again.

John Gibson on Seyler Lane
( 05/18/2013 ) Tresspassing?

In Montana, water belongs to the publicThe recent Montana Supreme Court hearing in Bozeman contained the following claim by an attorney representing James Cox Kennedy in reference to the water in the Ruby River running through his ranch.His attorney claimed that the landowner not only owns the land under the river but the river itself as well as the air above the river.

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Madison County / Seyler Lane

Bridge and Stream Access Go to Supreme Court Again Hearing scheduled for April 29th, 2013 As members are aware, PLWA has appealed an April ruling by Madison County District Judge Loren Tucker that limits stream access from bridges on roads with historic prescriptive easements.

Tenderfoot Acquisition Advances

Tenderfoot Acquisition AdvancesThis is truly one of the most significant public access actions by a government agency - working with private entities - of all time.

Sixteenmile Creek

Updated July 21, 2012. Efforts underway since 2006 to acquire 5 miles of railroad right-of-way stretching west from Ringling along Sixteenmile Creek, and accessing an otherwise isolated section of DNRC land for another mile, are now nearing conclusion.

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Public Land/Water Access Association Inc. or PLWA, is a citizen group organized and operated under the Montana nonprofit corporation act.

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Articles and Information on this site represent the opinion of the writer and are not intended as legal advice. Legal counsel may be needed in dealing with specific access situations and issues.

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