Dear Editor: The Congressional Desert Land Act of 1877 severed the non-navigable surface water and the ground water from the western federal lands and gave them to the states. This resulted in a split estate of the western public lands. The Act of 1890 declared all lands west of the 100th meridian were under the “Prior Appropriation Doctrine” as it applied to water rights. It contained three

A deadline is nearing for area livestock producers who suffered grazing loses throughout 2020 due to drought. Roosevelt County U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency executive director Jill Davidson reminds livestock producers to apply for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program by Feb. 1.. LFP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who suffered grazing losses for

Culbertson native Scott Aspenlieder is one of 12 individuals who has been selected for Montana Attorney General- elect Austin Knudsen’s transition advisory committee. “I’m excited to have such a great group leading our transition,” Knudsen, the current Roosevelt County Attorney, said, “Our committee represents a broad cross-section of Montanans that will help us put together a capable,