Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Stream Access (and Fly Fishermen)

Hot over the wires: Court Opens Mitchell Slough in Landmark Stream Access Case: New West Missoula With a 54-page ruling, the Supreme Court deemed the waterway a natural stream, which means access to it is protected by Montana’s stream access law, which is among the strongest in the country. The ruling has been coming for more than two years and overturns two lower-court decisions that had defined the stream the way the Bitterroot Conservation District and several high-profile landowners had a