Qualifications
Lamont Kinkade
During the last 30 years of my practice of “resolving water issues”, I’ve been fortunate to have had a variety of opportunities to keep up-to-the-minute on the rapidly changing events surrounding “Water Rights.” These include the following:
- Montana Water Law Conference participant (2013-2014, 2016-2024)
- University of Montana training in Water Rights as part of Real Property transactions
- Montana State University training events in Water Issues & Practices
- Montana DNRC training and certification as a Water Commissioner/Water Mediator
- Formal Mediation training, certifications and experience
- Montana DEQ training and certifications in Groundwater Issues
- Montana DNRC formal training events in evolving Water Rights Issues
- Multiple Montana DEQ training events on a variety of water-related environmental issues
- 3 years Chairman of the NMAR “Subcommittee for Water Issues”
- Participating member of the MAR “Water Rights Working Group”
- Presented testimony on Water Issues before the state’s Water Policy Interim Committee (WPIC)
- Presented testimony before the Natural Resources Committee of the Montana legislature
- Thirty years of advanced Continuing Education as a licensed real estate Broker
- Earned and maintained nationally recognized certifications, namely SRS & GRI
- Successful completion of hundreds of Water Rights related transactions
- Over two decades of experience in Water Rights related “Issue Resolution”, as well as the marketing, sale and purchase of Water (with or without the land)