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Land Board clarifies water-rights objection process
Summary
The board unanimously approved a motion to clarify the MBLC objection process for water-right claims, following DNRC introduction and public comment from agricultural and stockgrower groups.
DNRC introduced item 1025-8 proposing clarifications to the board's water-rights objection process. Commissioner James Brown gave the overview and moved to adopt the clarification; Attorney General Austin Knudsen seconded. Public comment included Jocelyn Cahill (Senior, Ag Water Rights Alliance) and Raylee Honeycutt (MT Stockgrowers Association). After brief board discussion, the motion carried unanimously.
The clarification item relates to how MBLC flags and objects to certain water-right claims affecting state trust land, including references in the litigation packet to livestock direct-from-source and implied-right concerns. The board's action was procedural — it clarified internal objection standards and did not itself adjudicate any individual water-right claim.
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