(From Montana Trout Unlimited)

Please thank Governor Bullock for vetoing bad water bills and supporting important measures benefiting wild trout.

Several water policy bills Montana TU spent much of the session trying to defeat or amend made it to Governor Steve Bullock’s desk. After thoughtful deliberation with state agency staff, he vetoed the three worst bills. TU members really need to thank him for protecting Montana’s great rivers. The vetoed bills include:

SB 19, sponsored by Sen. Brad Hamlett (D-Cascade), would have codified an existing loophole in water law that allows developers to drill an unlimited amount of so-called “exempt wells” in subdivisions without requiring permits or an evaluation of how the cumulative effect of the pumping would affect connected surface water sources. We proposed amendments that would fix the measure, but the Legislature rejected them.

SB 337, also sponsored by Sen. Hamlett. It would have severely reduced the ability of Montanans who don’t have water rights in a particular basin, but have otherwise invested in streamflow conservation from having formal say in Montana’s adjudication of water rights. Gov. Schweitzer vetoed the same bill last session, just weeks after the Montana Supreme Court had upheld the right of TU to object in adjudication proceedings.

SB 347, sponsored by Sen. Chas Vincent (R-Libby), would have exempted massive groundwater pumping or surface diversions for mining from Montana’s nondegradation policy, which protects the state’s high quality waters from undue harm. This bill would have allowed mines to reduce flows in streams that are recharged by the pumped or diverted water. Despite numerous attempts by Montana TU and the governor to amend the bill in a way that would reduce harm, but still allow mines to pump groundwater, the mining industry insisted on a harmful version.

Governor Bullock also deserves special thanks for:

• Approving a budget for FWP that adequately funds the Future Fisheries Improvement Program, which has invested in millions of dollars of fishery habitat restoration since 1995.
• Helping develop and approving a bill that greatly improves Montana’s program for dealing with aquatic invasive species, including an appropriation of $1.4 million for the next two years.
• Vetoing a line-item in a key budget bill that would have eliminated FWP’s ability to purchase important habitat or conservation easements.

Contact Governor Bullock at governor@mt.gov.

or

call the Governor’s office at 406-444-3111.

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