Showing posts with label water law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water law. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Do You Like Water?

Did you know that there are over 4,000 miles of dewatered rivers and streams in Montana alone?  I didn't, that is, until I watched this film.  Great information about Montana's convoluted and outdated/completely backwards confusing water laws.

If you care about stream flows in the West, this film is worth a look.

    "With streams and rivers drying up because of over-usage, Rob Harmon has implemented an ingenious market mechanism to bring back the water. Farmers and beer companies find their fates intertwined in the intriguing century-old tale of Prickly Pear Creek."