Water rights irrigation talks continue
Melea Burke
A wheel line irrigates a field.
Melea Burke
Cattle graze in a late summer sunset in the St. Ignatius area as irrigation lines spray water onto their pasture. Many ranchers on the Flathead Reservation are concerned that they won’t have enough irrigation water when a compact between the federal government, the state of Montana and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes is finalized, which is set to happen next year.
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