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BITTERROOT RIVER PROT. ASS'N INC. v. BITTERROOT CONS. DIST.

No. DA 06-0520.

198 P.3d 219 (2008)

2008 MT 377

346 Mont. 508

BITTERROOT RIVER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Involuntary Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BITTERROOT CONSERVATION DISTRICT, a political subdivision of the State of Montana, Defendant and Appellee, Walter R. Babcock, Bitterroot Springs Ranch, Tucker Crossing Ranch, and Valley Springs Ranch, Intervenors-Third Party Plaintiffs and Appellees, Marnell Carrao Associates, Inc., Intervenor-Third Party Plaintiff and Appellee, John & Kathy Lewis, Millie & Casey Dieffer, Edith L. & Skip Wark, Edwin C. & Judith Hebner, Susan A. & Larry Levenstein, Michael & Paulette Spaulding, Evelyn L. Locke, David J. Odell, Greg & Nancy Trangmoe, John & Patricia Cook, John & Elizabeth Fox, Etna Ditch Company, Webfoot Ditch Company, and Union Ditch Company, Intervenors and Appellees, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Intervenor and Appellee, v. Ravalli County Commissioners, Third Party Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 17, 2008.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Robert N. Lane (argued); Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Helena, Montana (State), Jack R. Tuholske (argued), Sarah K. McMillan (argued); Tuholske Law Office, P.C.; Missoula Montana (Bitterroot River Protective Association, Inc.).

For Appellees: John E. Bloomquist; Doney, Crowley, Bloomquist & Uda, P.C.; Helena, Montana (Intervenors Babcock, et al. and Lewis, et al. and Montana Farm Bureau Federation), George H. Corn, Ravalli County Attorney; Hamilton, Montana (Ravalli County Commissioners), Donald D. MacIntyre (argued), Attorney at Law; Helena, Montana; (Bitterroot Conservation District), John S. Warren (argued); Davis, Warren & Hritsco; Dillon, Montana; Ronald F. Waterman (argued); Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman; Helena, Montana (Intervenors Babcock, et al. and Lewis, et al.).

For Amici Curiae: Matthew Clifford, Attorney at Law; Missoula, Montana (Trout Unlimited), Elizabeth A. Brennan, Attorney at Law; Missoula, Montana (Sportsmen's Groups) Page Dringman; Dringman & Redmon, P.C.; Big Timber, Montana (Stockgrowers, Water Resources).

Justice JIM RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Appellant Bitterroot River Protective Association ("BRPA") appeals the January 12, 2006 Opinion and Order of the Twenty-first Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, affirming the determination of the Board of Supervisors of the Bitterroot Conservation District ("BCD" or "Board") that the Mitchell Slough, a body of water in the Bitterroot Valley, is not a "natural, perennial-flowing stream" under the Natural...

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