Private house in Glacier Park can remain, federal judge rules

A private home on the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park can remain, a federal judge ruled earlier this month.

In a 42-page ruling, U.S. Magistrate Kathleen DeSoto ruled in favor of John and Stacy Ambler of San Diego, who built a house on a slice of land on lower McDonald Creek in Apgar. 

Once the home was largely built, the Flathead Conservation District, responding to a host of complaints about the structure, found the home was in violation of the Montana Streambed Protection Act and ordered it removed.