The CSKT Water Compact, which was passed with bi-partisan support in the Montana Legislature, after many years of negotiation, is currently awaiting congressional ratification. The compact provides ...

As the deadline approaches to file objections to water rights claims set out in the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes-Montana Water Compact, some local officials are considering the effects of ...

My husband and I ranch near Lennep on land that has been owned by his family since 1877 when his great grandfather immigrated from Norway. Even though we have very early priority water rights, if the ...

The uncertainty and expense that would be prevented by implementing the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (“CSKT”) Water Compact is one of the many reasons the Water Policy Interim Committee ...

In 2015, the Montana Legislature ratified the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) – Water Compact with Montana, which settled all water rights claimed by the CSKT under the 1855 Hellgate ...

Please support the negotiated Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact. The 1979 Montana Legislature passed legislation requiring the state to negotiate a quantification of the water ...

Since but a bare majority of the 2015 Montana state legislators and U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester, and Gov. Steve Bullock, and Montana Attorney General Tim Fox, and U.S. Attorney General Bill ...

Feb. 9—In a press release last week the Department of the Interior announced the release of nearly $580 million to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims. The largest portion — ...

On Nov. 22, my cell phone exploded with requests to comment on the latest events involving the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact that has been stalled at the federal level for over ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Senator Steve Daines announced he reached a new agreement to settle water disputes with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) that "protect the water rights for all ...

Montana’s Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester introduced the Montana Water Rights Protection Act on Wednesday, a new agreement to settle the century-old Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water ...

In 2015, the Montana Legislature ratified the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) –Water Compact with Montana, which settled all water rights claimed by the CSKT under the 1855 Hellgate ...