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Resident warns neighbors about DNRC water-rights notices and June 29 water-court deadline

Lolo Community Council · May 12, 2026
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Summary

A resident reported that DNRC water-right notices for basin 76H were delayed or misaddressed and urged neighbors to review decrees and, if necessary, file objections by the water-court deadline of June 29, 2026 to protect ditch-based surface-water rights.

A Lolo resident told the council that many landowners in basin 76H (Clark Fork Division / Bitterroot River) have received late or misaddressed water-right notices from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), and warned that owners should review their decrees and consider filing an objection by the water-court deadline to protect surface-water (ditch) rights.

The resident said they met with the DNRC regional water-division director, identified in the meeting as…

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