Be very careful here. Tribal water rights given by the state are what controls the lake. With this power they could even remove the dam if they so choose. This is an issue that everyone should have paid attention to when it was under review and when people had the rights to address the topic with the state legislature.

I agree with the comments being made by AC Smith. Addressing the current issue of our Flathead Lake and the CSKT Water Pact is so important to the rights of EVERY Montanan citizen. I urge you (and every friend or well-intentioned person you know) to attend one of these meetings.

I, too, am believe it is a prime example of why the current CSKT Water Rights Pact (approved by our state legislature, as well as involving the Federal government’s overreach into State’s Rights and currently being fought out by the citizens of Montanan in the State’s Montana Water Court) is a nightmare for all of Montana and all Montanan citizens. Please plan to attend one of the meetings as listed above. Also, if you don’t know about the controversial CSKT Water Compact being objected to by other concerned Montanan citizens, go to the Montana Water Courts website for links and follow up. It is time for every Montanan citizen who believes in States’ rights and the citizen’s right to his or her own water to stand up and fight for our Montanan right to regulate our own water. It is not the right of the Feds, nor is it the sole right of our CSKT native brothers and sisters.