The news has just rolled out in the past hour or so – the Montana Supreme Court announced this morning that it was in essence upholding Montana’s Stream Access Law (as reversed in a prior District Court decision) and ruled the William Cox Kennedy claim to denying access to the Ruby River at the Seylor […]
Access and Public Lands
Martin’s 5: Battle for the Beach from The Inertia on Vimeo. Hat tip: Mat Travors at The Saltwater Journal; as MT said – all access battles aren’t about the river.
In a rare exhibition of actual investigative journalism, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle unleashed a talented staff writer (Laura Lindquist) to pen an article an ongoing access dispute in Big Sky – read the full Landowner Uses Congressional Ties to Sway Forest Service here. The story began back in 2000 when wealthy Texan politco Stan Schlueter […]
When you think about it, the physics of a fly rod – no matter whether constructed of cane, glass or graphite – are damned impressive. Fully loaded (and imaged at just the right moment), those sticks we wave while standing in various waters can seem to defy reality. In a world that seems to favor […]
Though this quote has been circulating for a few weeks now, a sober reminder from Montana’s Public Land / Water Access Association today – A personal letter from PLWA President John Gibson To Those Who Value Our Stream Access in Montana “My client not only owns the land under the Ruby River in Montana. He […]
Unless something has changed in the past few hours, the Montana Supreme Court is soon to be seated in the Strand Union Building, Ballroom A on the MSU campus in Bozeman to hear the PLWA appeal of the district court ruling on Seyler Lane Bridge access. You’ve heard about this case – billionaire media heir […]
Some had figured the biggest challenge to Montana’s Stream Access law would come from the legislature this year. They were wrong. The biggest challenge underway comes from Atlanta, the home of billionaire media don James Cox Kennedy regarding the Seyler Land crossing on the Ruby. The fight is once again headed to the Montana Supreme […]
Friday 15 February 2013, 10 AM, South Steps of Utah State Capital From the Utah Stream Access Coalition…. Salt Lake City, Utah – Utah Stream Access Coalition will be holding a Press Conference and Rally to fight the proposed House Bill68 and to support a new bill (yet to be numbered) sponsored be Rep. Dixon […]
From the Utah Rivers Council. Things are heating up down south in Utah; follow the action at the Utah Stream Access Coalition’s site here; their newsletter has been putting out some great info the past few days. The challenge to the federal public trust doctrine unfolding in Utah right now could eventually lead to changes […]
There’s been some great stuff floating around the fflogosphere (fly fishing blogosphere) of late that I’ve been meaning to mention. Here are a few worth pondering… Two from Tom Sadler: Our Public Lands (Part 2.1). Tom’s continued focus on public lands (and water) policy is a major help these days, and he highlights a couple […]
Access to public land is getting harder and harder to find these days. Amidst all the fighting to secure our existing rights, sometimes we get a chance to enhance what we’ve already got. Montana currently has such a chance. For years now, outdoorsmen in Montana have been unable to “corner jump” between section of public […]
From the Utah Stream Access Coalition this morning on the opening day of Utah’s legislative session – It is URGENT that we all contact our Representatives right NOW to OPPOSE HB68!! The assault on public stream access has already begun behind closed doors! House Bill 68 [HB68] WILL lock down Utah’s public waters to private […]
A friend from Utah (MB) emailed a link to this article that ran in the NYT last week (Casting in Colorado, Away from the Crowds) with some rather pointed commentary attached. He’s wrapped up in the access battles still smoldering in Utah (update on their Public Waters Case here) and was, ah, invigorated by the […]
Pardon us for being a tad too distracted by actually going fishing, working and enjoying the arrival of summer to report on the initial machinations of the FWP in selecting and calling the Madison Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) to order over the past few weeks. (Simply reading terms like Madison River Management Plan, the mind-numbing […]
Several friends of Chi Wulff have graciously reminded us of late that there is a group of genuine ‘unsung heroes’ working for fair access to public waters (and land) in Montana – the Public Land/Water Access Association. These days it seems there aren’t a lot of true heroes left, at least not in real life […]
