Gov. Steve Bullock challenged the legal opinion of Tim Fox, the state's attorney general, regarding conservation easements. Bullock took his case to the Montana Supreme Court, arguing that State Land Board approval isn't needed for conservation easements. Fox's opinion that Land Board approval is required, which he issued last week after Bullock Ok'd the 15,000-acre Horse Creek Conservation Easement in eastern Montana last week, has the force of law unless the court overturns it.
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