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Public Land and Waters Access Association is suing the MT land board for their policy update on land exchanges last month.
The new policy states that state land must be devalued based on a lack of access with a "commercially reasonable" discount and eliminates the opportunity for DNRC to veto land swaps before making it to the land board.
It wil be interesting to follow - hopefully folks are paying close attention to land swaps in MT going forward.
From the article:
"In addition, the DNRC would be required to discount the value of landlocked state lands that are inaccessible. Brown said this would encourage the elimination of landlocked parcels, but plaintiffs say it robs the state and the school trust of some money."
missoulacurrent.com
The new policy states that state land must be devalued based on a lack of access with a "commercially reasonable" discount and eliminates the opportunity for DNRC to veto land swaps before making it to the land board.
It wil be interesting to follow - hopefully folks are paying close attention to land swaps in MT going forward.
From the article:
"In addition, the DNRC would be required to discount the value of landlocked state lands that are inaccessible. Brown said this would encourage the elimination of landlocked parcels, but plaintiffs say it robs the state and the school trust of some money."
State land watchdogs sue over new land exchange rule
Hunters, anglers and public land watchdogs are suing the Montana Land Board for not providing enough notice or opportunity to comment before passing a rule to streamline state land swaps.
missoulacurrent.com
