Douville v. Pembina County Water Resource District

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Thomas Douville and numerous other landowners (“the landowners”) appealed from a judgment affirming the decision of the Pembina County Water Resource District (“the District”) ordering removal of dikes on their land. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] This case involves a long-standing dispute over dikes built along the Pembina River more than twenty-five years ago. Between 1969 and 1974, several landowners in the Neche area built dikes on their land to control flooding from the Pembina River. The landowners did not seek nor obtain permits or approval to construct the dikes. In…