From contested Forest Service trails and public access debates to controversial land swaps and water usage, Montana's Crazy Mountain region has been at the center of several different disputes over the years.

Here is a timeline of key events, from 2016 to present, detailing how woes involving the region's land, waters and trails have unfolded over time.

July 2016: Landowner contests Forest Service trail

Hailstone Ranch's owners hired an attorney to counter the Forest Service’s contention that Trail 115, also shown as Trail 136 on some maps, is a public prescriptive easement across their property.

The Forest Service initially saw things differently.

“As far as the trail at issue, it is a century-old trail, part of a century-old trail system that circumnavigates the Crazy Mountains and

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