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Irrigators raise alarm over alleged unlawful water use at Crazy Mountain Ranch

3858029 · June 10, 2025
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Summary

A Park County resident told commissioners he believes Crazy Mountain Ranch switched agricultural water to recreational use for a golf course without completing Montana Water Court change procedures, and local irrigators say they are experiencing impacts on Rock Creek.

Tim Sunling, an irrigator on Rock Creek from Livingston, told the Park County Board of County Commissioners on June 10 that he believes Crazy Mountain Ranch has changed its water use from agriculture to recreation without completing the Montana Water Court change process.

Sunling said the ranch, described in news reports as tied to Cross Harbor or Lone Mountain Ranch Company and modeled in part on developments such as the Yellowstone Club at Big Sky, “has constructed a golf course, and golf courses…

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