Water Rights

If you're a Montana property owner, chances are you recently received a form from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation about water rights.

For many years, the states of Montana and Wyoming have been battling over water from the Yellowstone River, but now the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Montana in the dispute.

There were passionate arguments both for and against the CSKT Water Compact on the floor of the Montana House on Wednesday.

In an 11 to 10 vote, the Montana House Judiciary Committee decided to table the controversial CSKT Water Compact bill today, April 13.

The Montana House held a rare all-day Saturday session to give hundreds of proponents and opponents of the CSKT Water Rights Compact an opportunity for their views to be heard.

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.

A Missoula woman faces four felony charges, including her fourth DUI, after a series of crashes and a police pursuit through downtown streets.

Noted Native American author and activist Elaine Willman has published a letter that is severely critical of both the State of Montana and the CSKT Water Compact currently before the state legislature.

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.

On Thursday, May 1, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox presented the state’s closing arguments in the Montana v.Wyoming water trial.