MONTANANS FIGHT TO THE LAST DROP OVER PRECIOUS WATER RIGHTS ........
Definition of FEDS = Commie, Nazi, Socialist....
They (FEDS) are starting in Montana to set a precedent.....So their theory is win here win it ALL...
Critics say epic settlement before lawmakers would strip owners of everything
The American West’s history of conflict between Indians and settlers apparently isn’t over, as tribes (THE FEDS IN DISGUISE AS INDIANS) in Montana are demanding title to water rights and lands that long have been privately owned. REALLY!!
SO WE ARE GOING TO RECREATE THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE RESOLVED YEARS AGO .... WHAT THE HECK .... SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT THE FEDS ARE TRYING TO DO TO BUNDY AND THE STATE OF NEVADA ... IF THE REST OF THE NATION SITS ON THEIR COLLECTIVE ARSES THEY WILL HAVE THEM DO THIS TO THEM ALSO .... WAKE UP PEOPLE ...
WE ARE AT WAR!!!!!
This water rights fight has been picked up by national news now. They realize that this will set a precedent for the whole country.
The feds are using the tribes as a vehicle to take over the water and land in all the western states.
The landowners, some of whom have had the land in their families for generations, fear they could end up with nothing, and they are fighting back.
A lawsuit filed last year claims the tribes “own all the land” and “all of the water” within their region.
The Concerned Citizens of Western Montana organization described the suit as a pressure tactic to try to force the state and other interested parties into approving a water agreement that now is pending before the legislature.
But whether it will work remains to be seen, and the Mountain States Legal Foundation has taken up defense of the claims.
“Our clients’ land was open for entry for 105 years, and in private hands for much of that time,” said William Perry Pendley, chief of the legal team. “The water rights appurtenant to those lands were owned fully by our clients and their predecessors for decades. We will vigorously defend those rights.”
To understand the significance of the battle, one needs to understand Western water rights and their importance.
Nothing can happen without water rights and the liquid gold that flows both east and west from the Continental Divide. In Colorado, there is even a separate water court system to address water rights.
If a newcomer buys land, say a $10 million parcel overlooking Aspen or Vail, and then spends $20 million on a house, it will remain vacant until and unless the owner obtains a fully approved well right for water.
Or the owner would have to build a system in which he would have the water delivered.
A Christian organization only about 20 miles from the Continental Divide has spent some $700,000 on legal fees trying to obtain permission to use water it already owned for its training location.
What has been proposed now in Montana is a Water Compact for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, a plan that has been negotiated with tribes and state and federal government interests over several years.
It would address several issues and resolve a number of cases launched by the tribes, but whether there will be agreement remains uncertain.
The two sides seem intractable.
The landowners, some of whom have had the land in their families for generations, fear they could end up with nothing, and they are fighting back.
A lawsuit filed last year claims the tribes “own all the land” and “all of the water” within their region.
The Concerned Citizens of Western Montana organization described the suit as a pressure tactic to try to force the state and other interested parties into approving a water agreement that now is pending before the legislature.
But whether it will work remains to be seen, and the Mountain States Legal Foundation has taken up defense of the claims.
“Our clients’ land was open for entry for 105 years, and in private hands for much of that time,” said William Perry Pendley, chief of the legal team. “The water rights appurtenant to those lands were owned fully by our clients and their predecessors for decades. We will vigorously defend those rights.”
To understand the significance of the battle, one needs to understand Western water rights and their importance.
Nothing can happen without water rights and the liquid gold that flows both east and west from the Continental Divide. In Colorado, there is even a separate water court system to address water rights.
If a newcomer buys land, say a $10 million parcel overlooking Aspen or Vail, and then spends $20 million on a house, it will remain vacant until and unless the owner obtains a fully approved well right for water.
Or the owner would have to build a system in which he would have the water delivered.
A Christian organization only about 20 miles from the Continental Divide has spent some $700,000 on legal fees trying to obtain permission to use water it already owned for its training location.
What has been proposed now in Montana is a Water Compact for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, a plan that has been negotiated with tribes and state and federal government interests over several years.
It would address several issues and resolve a number of cases launched by the tribes, but whether there will be agreement remains uncertain.
The two sides seem intractable.
State Sen. Debby Barrett, the state Senate’s president for the 64th legislative session, said there is no way she can support the
proposed CSKT compact.
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