Bitterroot River Protective Ass'n v. Bitterroot Conservation District

¶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 Streambed and Land Preservation Act of 1975, commonly known as the “310 Law” after its original legislative designation as Senate Bill 310. The BRPA, along with the Montana Department…