Flathead Water Compact News Today

Jim Elliott writes, The negotiations on the Compact began over 10 years prior to its adoption with meetings between the CSKT and the Montana Reserved Water Rights Commission, the state agency created in 1979 to negotiate the compacts while protecting existing non-tribal water rights.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is requesting the federal government start the process which will eventually lead to the transfer of more than 36,000 acres of State Trust Lands.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is requesting the federal government start the process which will eventually lead to the transfer of more than 36,000 acres of State Trust Lands.

Russian cemetery in Alaska vandalized, land returned to descendants of Native American tribes on northern California coast , and more

“This is a landmark day for the tribes and the state,” board member Teresa Wall-McDonald said. “With continued cooperation, we can work through any challenge that presents itself.”

The future of water management in the Flathead Basin is now up to a newly-appointed board

After years of work, the main board overseeing the CSKT-Montana Compact will take its place

The main board overseeing the CSKT-Montana Compact will take its place after years of work.

The main board overseeing the CSKT-Montana Compact will take its place after years of work.

The main board overseeing the CSKT-Montana Compact will take its place after years of work.