Legal Opinion
BITTERROOT RIVER PROTECTION ASS'N, INC. v. Bitterroot Conservation District
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 2002No. 01-118PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
¶1 The Bitterroot River Protection Association, Inc. (the “BRPA”) seeks a writ of prohibition to stop the Bitterroot Conservation District (the “BCD”) from proceeding with a determination of whether the Mitchell Slough, a body of water in the Bitterroot Valley, is a “stream,” as defined in the Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act of 1975.
¶2 The following issue is dispositive of this petition:
¶3 May the Bitterroot Conservation District make the initial determination of whether the Mitchell Slough is a “natural perennial-flowing stream?”
BACKGROUND
¶4 The BCD is the…
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