One failed measure, Senate Bill 357, sought to prohibit the state from acquiring permanent easements, which the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks use to support wildlife habitat and public access initiatives. Three proposals seeking to change what might be euphemistically called “sensitive pieces of code” failed to find favor this session, suggesting Montanans’ continued - and impassioned - engagement with public land access and water rights issues. PROPOSALS SEEKING TO CHANGE STREAM ACCESS, PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND EXEMPT WELLS FLOUNDER Here are three takeaways from the 2023 legislative session informed by bills that passed, bills that failed and funding fights that remain unresolved. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, and members of his own party. How proposals to change water rights, stream access and conservation funding were received by policymakers the past four months illuminates entrenched sources of tension - between developer and agricultural interests, between federal and state wildlife managers, and even between Montana Gov.
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