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 ...

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 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes secured final approval of the CSKT-Montana Water Compact through the Montana Water Court ...

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 — ...

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The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact is just one of the many important negotiated agreements that our state has entered into over a long period of time with the Indian tribes of ...

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 ...

Volumes have been written about how the 2015 Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) water compact is unconstitutional, costly, and sets in motion risky laws based on unprecedented new policies.