Montana Supreme Court decrees public access to stream

Jim Robbins reports in the New York Times on 1 December. Here is the lede:

The Montana Supreme Court ruled here recently that the 16-mile-long stream, Mitchell Slough, is open to the public and that the landowners are not entitled to fence it off as part of their private sanctuaries.

Among the wealthy landowners who will be affected are Charles Schwab and Huey Lewis. Read the rest here.