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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Price County Brothers Fight For Flowage Property Rights, Battle ‘Protect Our Piers’ Bill
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:26
	Publish Date:		2020-03-05 14:48:00
	Description:		Since a 1940s dam on Sailor Creek near Fifield in Price County created a 200-acre recreational flowage, the Lobermeiers have considered it part of their home. The S-shaped flowage is spotted with islands looking out at wooded shorelines, and for Dave Lobermeier, it’s a place of enjoyment. But the Sailor Creek Flowage has also become the source of a decade of legal headaches. “I feel like I’ve got a bullseye on my back, quite honestly,” said Dave, walking with his brother Butch on the frozen flowage this week. Dave and Butch have been involved in a years-long water-and-land-rights controversy that’s led to a Supreme Court ruling, action in the legislature, and lobbying campaigns. The issue has generated a ruling that could block thousands of waterfront property owners from putting in piers on flowages--and led to a bill proposing to flip that ruling. But it started simply, with a family dispute involving Dave and Butch on one side and their sister and her husband on the other. One
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