Weighing in on Mitchell Slough

Here's a column I wrote for Writers on the Range, which is syndicated by High Country News, on the access fight on Mitchell Slough in the Bitterroot Valley.

The implications here are big. If the landowners are successful in getting the Montana Supreme Court to allow a terrible District Court decision blocking public access to stand, expect No Trespassing signs to sprout along the side channels of Montana rivers like dandelions in May.