Articles with the Tag: Flathead Joint Board of Control
ST. IGNATIUS – More than a year after reforming under new bylaws, the Flathead Joint Board of Control has appointed a new committee to explore whether revisions are necessary, particularly in regards to how the three individual member irrigation districts might join or withdraw from the board. ...
ST. IGNATIUS – There were only a handful of irrigators on hand for the Bureau of Indian Affairs bi-annual meeting for the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project and it appears a communication disconnect between the BIA and Flathead Joint Board of Control might be to blame. The May 5 meeting was an...
POLSON — Both the Polson High School and the Polson Elementary School building reserve levies passed when voters mailed in their ballots for the May 5 election. All race results are unofficial until the Lake County Commissioners canvass the ...
ST. IGNATIUS — Governor Steve Bullock signed a bill March 24 that gives final state approval for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact, but the battle over the document continued as a handful of Flathead Joint Board of Control Irrigation Commissioners filed a lawsuit saying the meth...
Montana Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen quashed an effort by House Democrats to blast the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact bill to the floor of the statehouse on Monday, after the bill received an adverse committee report that would have prevented it from advancing. House Democrats...
ST. IGNATIUS – A lobbyist for the Flathead Joint Board of Control told irrigation commissioners last week that she expects the ongoing battle over state approval of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact to last into April. “It is likely the hearing will be sometime aft...
ST. IGNATIUS – The Flathead Joint Board of Control has released a privately-commissioned study that predicts irrigators will receive substantially less water under the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact than is necessary to sustain agriculture for farms on the project, but g...
HELENA — Hours-long debate simmered in the state capitol last week, as senators passed a bill by 31-19 margin that would ratify the state’s portion of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact. The bill, SB 262, now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration....
ST. IGNATIUS – After the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact passed through the Montana Senate last week, lobbyists for the Flathead Joint Board of Control were optimistic that they could keep the bill from passing in the House of Representatives. The board, which represents ...
ST. IGNATIUS – The Flathead Joint Board of Control is ramping up its lobbying efforts in Helena to stop the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact pending before the state legislature. The board voted 7-2 and 7-3 to spend up to $22,000 to pay for lobbyist Gary Forrester and pu...
