Montana lawmakers are eyeing changes to a loophole increasingly used to facilitate residential development. Opponents say the real estate and building industries are turning water appropriation on its head.
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Editor s note: This op-ed has been updated to remove incorrect information about former Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Director John E. Tubbs, who was mistaken for an exempt well
The Montana Building Industry Association (MBIA) is concerned by the inaccurate statements made by the former Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), John E. Tubbs, in