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MT Senate committee kills stream access bill Play Video
March 22, 2011 10:10 PM
HELENA- Members of the Senate Agriculture committee killed a bill which fisherman have been calling an assault on Montana's Stream Access Law. A few weeks back hundreds of anglers and recreationists filled the Capitol opposing a bill defining ditches. Supporters of the bill say it prohibits recreating in... more » -
Bill defining ditches packs out Montana's Capitol Play Video
March 9, 2011 8:39 AM
HELENA- Over 300 people traveled from all over Montana on Tuesday to testify on a bill defining ditches. "This is one of the most impressive things I've seen in the legislature," Montana Senator Kendall Van Dyk (D-Billings) told his fellow anglers. Anglers and outdoorsmen came to Helena to... more » -
Stream access law stirs debate in Helena Play Video
February 9, 2011 6:57 PM
HELENA - Senator Kendall Van Dyk (D-Billings) is calling it the biggest assault on Montana's Stream Access Law in years while Representative Jeff Welborn (R-Dillon) calls it a clarification bill. In the simplest of terms, House Bill 309, carried by Welborn, defines a ditch as any body of water... more »
