Articles with the Tag: Water Compact
Governor Steve Bullock predicted the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact will pass the legislative session after a more intense fight in the House of Representatives than was seen in the Montana Senate in February. Bullock spoke with tribal councilmembers Friday in Pablo about the compact...
RONAN – Ronan City Council unanimously voted to make a $40,000 offer on three lots adjacent to Bockman Park on March 17. “The lots are directly behind the liquor store and they go down against the memorial, and the corner of one is actually in the middle of the creek,” Public Works...
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...
POLSON — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact has been on everybody’s mind for years, but especially since the bill passed the Montana Senate the week of Feb. 28. The Compact was on the Polson City Commissioners agenda at their March 2 meeting. The agenda was a follow-up on...
HELENA – Supporters and dissenters testified in Helena March 6 about a bill that would allocate $5 million for the public defender’s office to defend state-based water rights if the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact does not pass during the legislative session. The bi...
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 ...
People from across the Flathead Reservation and the state packed themselves into the state Capitol last week to give testimony on a proposed bill that would approve the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact. The compact quantifies the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ water rig...
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...
