Water Rights Compact
Montana Code § 2-15-212 (2023) - Reserved water rights compact ...
2-15-212. Reserved water rights compact commission. (1) There is created a reserved water rights compact commission. In negotiations, the commission is acting ...
Components of the CSKT water-rights compact
The Montana House Wednesday endorsed the bill ratifying the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water-rights compact on a 53-47 ...
This compact does give the federal government control over nearly all of the water in western MT…the “water rights abstracts” are all in the name of the United ...
Montana Free Press: CSKT water compact bill clears first hurdle in ...
The bill would resolve a century-old water rights dispute and allocate $1.9 billion to settle federal damage claims and to rehabilitate the deteriorating ...
Interstate Agreement Resources - Water Law - United States Federal ...
Texas Resources · For more information about Texas interstate compacts, see the Guide to Texas Water Law. · Canadian River Compact (1950) · Pecos ...
Main components of Flathead water rights compact
The 2015 Legislature will consider whether to approve a water rights compact with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on the ...
YELLOWSTONE RIVER COMPACT, 1950
To all tributaries the following rules apply: 1) existing rights as of January 1, 1950 maintain their status quo; 2) no water may be diverted from the ...
Supreme Court's 2020–2021 Preview: Interstate Water Rights | HUB
New Mexico and Colorado both invite the Court, effectively, to allocate groundwater between states. Groundwater traditionally has been managed ...
Why We Support the CSKT Water Compact - Wild Montana
Update (Dec. 23, 2020): Late Monday evening, Congress passed the Montana Water Rights Protection Act as part of the year-end omnibus ...
Federal Spending Bill Ratifies Flathead Water Compact
Before being implemented, Tribal water rights compacts must pass the state Legislature and both chambers of Congress, and be approved by the ...
Agreements, Compacts & Treaties - Colorado Water Knowledge
As they relate to water resources, different types of compacts and interstate agreements are intended to equitably divide and apportion waters within and ...
Water rights aren't drying up | Lake County Leader
Water compacts are nothing new. Senate Bill 76 established the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission back in 1979 to negotiate on ...
Historic Water Rights act becomes law | News | charkoosta.com
Historic Water Rights Protection Act signed into law by President Trump. Formerly known as the Flathead Reservation Water Rights Compact, the ...
Water law and policy - coloradoriverscience.org
While the 1922 Colorado River Compact did not explicitly grant any tribal water rights, its Article VII says that the Compact should not be ...
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact - Fiveable
This compact is significant as it addresses historical water rights claims and ensures the tribes have adequate access to water resources, which is critical for ...
the Montana Legislature in 1979 as part of the state-wide general stream adjudication process. Page 5. Negotiation of Settlements. • The Compact ...
Interstate Compacts - Division of Water Resources
The State of Colorado is directly involved in one international treaty, two US Supreme Court decrees, one interstate agreement, and nine interstate compacts.
CSKT Water Compact throws thousands of Montanans “under the bus”
The 2013 Legislature refused to ratify the last CSKT Water Right Compact, for many good reasons concerning its legality and equal treatment of ...
S.1987 - Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement ...
(26) TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS.—The term “Tribal water rights” means the water rights of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, as described in Article III of the Compact ...
Historically, the ready availability of river water made interstate water divisions palatable and facilitated the codifica- tion of interstate compacts ...