water-rights

In water law, the most important thing is getting your water.

Daines, a Republican, on Thursday called his legislation a “framework for a permanent water settlement” and said it’s critical to get the compact introduced introduced in Congress.

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.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a water rights settlement with Montana’s Blackfeet Tribe on Thursday as part of a broader bill addressing water projects across the nation.  The 360-61 vote ensures passage and sends the measure back to the U...

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

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.

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