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The Montana Water Court is a court of law in the U.S. state of Montana which has jurisdiction over the adjudication of water rights.The filing, verification, recording, and enforcement of water rights in the Montana Territory and, later, the state of Montana were considered highly inadequate until 1972, when a new state constitution required a more robust, highly centralized water rights legal ...
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is a government agency in the executive branch state of Montana in the United States with responsibility for ensuring sustainable development of the state's land, mineral, natural gas, oil, timber, water, and other resources.
A controlled ground water area (CGWA) is a category defined by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) of the state of Montana.A CGWA must satisfy a set of criteria, including ground water withdrawals in excess of recharge; excessive declines in ground water levels or pressures; possibility of contaminant migration; or the existence of significant disputes within the area ...
(Reuters) -Montana's top court ruled on Wednesday the state's constitution guarantees a right to a stable climate and invalidates laws barring regulators from considering the effects of greenhouse ...
Camping on the Jefferson River below the high-water mark – an example of public stream access rights Public access from a bridge right-of-way. The core law creating the Montana Stream Access law began with Article IX, section 3 of the 1972 Montana Constitution, which addressed state ownership of Montana waters.
Location: Big Horn County, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Lake type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Tongue River: Primary outflows: Tongue River: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 5.5 miles (8.9 km): Max. width: 1.1 miles (1.8 km): Surface area: 3,700 acres (1,500 ha): Water volume: 79,071 acre-feet (97,533,000 m 3) [2]: Surface elevation: 4,222 feet (1,287 m) [1]: The Tongue River Dam ...
Recently, the Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission has been holding public hearings across the reservation to ensure tribal members are aware of what is involved in a settlement and why the tribe ...
Water right in water law is the right of a user to use water from a water source, e.g., a [1] river, stream, pond or source of groundwater. In areas with plentiful water and few users, such systems are generally not complicated or contentious.