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Why does Montana have such strong stream access laws?

December 22, 2022/

Snow blankets the Belton Bridge and the banks of the Middle Fork of the Flathead River in West Glacier on Jan. 7, 2020. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

In Montana, we have this very particular law. It says that anybody can fish or recreate on streams and rivers in the state below the high-water mark, regardless of who owns the land beneath them.

 

By Austin Amestoy,  Nick Mott


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