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Margie MacDonald | | Political Party: D | | House District 54 |
1. What is your view of the 2004 Attorney General Opinion regarding access to streams from county road bridges ?
I strongly support the opinion.
2. In your opinion are public property rights important - often as important as private property rights?
Yes.
3. Do you believe the state should be allowed to acquire water rights sufficient to allow major streams to function as natural aquatic systems?
Yes. I worked with a coalition of fisheries advocates, public health officials, and irrigators on the lower Yellowstone in the late 1970's to protect instream flows. Irrigators needed these flows to ensure water quality and access to their headgates. Instream flows benefit all water users.
4. Are you familiar with and do you support the Public Trust Doctrine?
Yes. I strongly support the Public Trust Doctrine.
5. Should we consider the sale of water in Montana’s rivers to be moved out of state?
Absolutely not. Our water is precious. Montana's 1,000,000 people would have a tough time competing financially for our water rights if they could be bought up by the huge urban areas of the Southwest - Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix.
6. Should the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks remain the sole decision maker for the allocation of licenses and permits that determine who may legally hunt and harvest Montana wildlife ?
Yes.
7. What should be done to reduce elk populations that exceed optimum numbers as defined in current management plans?
I need more education on this issue.
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