Know Your Rights

Research the Key to Keeping Public Land Access

Montana Access Guide (PDF)

Public Roads

• What is a Public Road
• Determining Status of a Rural Road
• Laws Related to Closing of a Rural Road
• 2000 Montana A.G. Opinion on Bridge Access
• Bridge Access

River, Stream and Spring Creek Access

• Stream Access Law
• Spring Creek Access
• Who Owns Islands in Montana Rivers
• Can a Landowner Fence Across a River

Public Lands

• Illegal Posting of Public Lands
• Recreational Use of State Public Lands
• Know Your Rights on Federal Grazing Lands

Hunting & Angling

• Montana Hunting Trespass Penalties
• Hunter or Angler Harassment

Conservation

• The Public Trust Doctrine
• Triumph of the Commons
• North American Model of Wildlife Conservation