The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes are using the Water Compact settlement to restore the Crow Creek Pumping Plant, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

It takes a great deal to stand up for what you believe in and what is right for Montana—especially when the issue pertains to our state's most valuable resource—our water. The Confederated Salish and ...

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 ...

The decades-long effort to finalize the Confederated Salish and Kootenai-Montana Water Compact concluded on Friday with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signing the deal. “Our elders continually remind ...

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 ...

The Department of the Interior last week released nearly $580 million to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims. The largest portion – over 25% – was awarded to the Confederated ...

After extensively reviewing the Water Compact agreement and its related appendices, I have come to the conclusion that it is time for the Legislature to approve the Water Compact negotiated by the ...

The recent proposal made by opponents of the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes Water Compact seeks to replace the long-negotiated agreement with a one-sided proposal that is illegal, illegitimate, ...

PABLO – They saved the toughest for last, but now – almost 34 years after the Montana Legislature created the Montana Water Rights Compact Commission – the people of Montana have their last proposed ...