CSKT

The following op-ed was written and submitted by Hertha Lund, a Bozeman area attorney with expertise in Montana property and water rights laws: There are few rural Montanas who haven’t heard about the CSKT Water Compact. I’m working for a group of Montana irrigators who support the Compact and believe its approval is essential to their future on the land...

The Montana legislature took up the issue of the CSKT water rights compact yesterday. Hundreds of people, both for and against the compact, showed up for the hearings in Helena.

On February 3, a meeting will be held in Polson to discuss the proposed CSKT water rights compact as it pertains to the City of Polson.

The long awaited CSKT Water Rights draft agreement was released yesterday. The Legislature will decide if it will pass muster.

A long-awaited draft agreement over water rights between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the State of Montana and the United States of America was released on Thursday.

Ravalli county commissioners met on Wednesday, November 20 to draft an apology letter to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes.

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Ravalli County opposes a plan by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to put 58 acres of tribally owned land into federal trust, saying it will lose $808 in annual property taxes.