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Articles with the Tag: Flathead Joint Board of Control

Water Court stays adjudication of Flathead Basin until 2017 Water Court stays adjudication of Flathead Basin until 2017

BOZEMAN — Adjudication of water claims in the Flathead Basin will not take place until after January 2017, per a July 27 order issued by Chief Water Judge Russ McElyea, though the state of Montana will begin examining some claims that have been filed in two local basins. The judge issued the stay to...

Irrigation season almost at an end

News from the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project,  forwarded by the Flathead Joint Board of Control  The following is a brief summary of water availability for the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project and outlook per geographic area. Camas: Current storage is 59 percent of capacity. It is ex...

Irrigation commissioners refuse to pass BIA-suggested assessment

ST. IGNATIUS — Irrigation commissioners for the Flathead Joint Board of Control refused to increase assessments on their constituents last week, despite a request from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to do so. It is unclear what the ramifications of not instating the 29 percent operations and maintenan...

Irrigation project short on water, implements shut off Irrigation project short on water, implements shut off

ST. IGNATIUS – The Flathead Indian Irrigation Project began implementing water shut offs last week and conditions are only expected to get worse in the coming months, according to a report issued by Bureau of Indian Affairs Project Manager Pete Plant.  “FIIP expects the lack of precipitat...

Irrigation commissioners concerned about water delivery Irrigation commissioners concerned about water delivery

ST. IGNATIUS – Irrigation commissioners said last week that a lack of drought management plan and adequate staffing at the Bureau of Indian Affairs is exacerbating water delivery to Flathead Indian Irrigation Project irrigators.  According to commissioners, individual ditchriders appear to be c...

Joint board will ask for delay in compact implementation Joint board will ask for delay in compact implementation

POLSON — In a conference hearing on Tuesday, attorneys for the Flathead Joint Board of Control told Lake County District Court Judge James Manley that the board intends to file for an injunction to halt ongoing implementation of parts of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact passed earlier...

Tribal, state authorities continue work on compact implementation

 HELENA – The fired up rhetoric that reached a din during the Montana Legislature has died down somewhat since the passage of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Compact, but state and tribal workers who did the behind-the-scenes grunt work for the document are now facing another monumental task:...

Tribal suit asking for definition of irrigation water ownership dismissed Tribal suit asking for definition of irrigation water ownership dismissed

A federal district judge has dismissed a case filed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in 2014, saying that the recent passage of a water agreement by the state government likely makes issues raised in the court moot.  The Tribes filed suit in March 2014 against 14 defendants that include...

Irrigation commissioners say they want to focus on local control of project Irrigation commissioners say they want to focus on local control of project

ST. IGNATIUS – After hearing complaints from Flathead Indian Irrigation Project irrigators about delivery problems and concerns about possible future increases in operations and maintenance assessment, Flathead Joint Board of Control irrigation commissioners said May 13 that one of their main objective...

Irrigation commissioners say they want to focus on local control of project Irrigation commissioners say they want to focus on local control of project

ST. IGNATIUS – After hearing complaints from Flathead Indian Irrigation Project irrigators about delivery problems and concerns about possible future increases in operations and maintenance assessment, Flathead Joint Board of Control irrigation commissioners said May 13 that one of their main objective...


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