Staff Report for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Compact
The Staff Report for the CSKT Compact is a history of compact negotiations that took place from the early 1980s to late 2014 between the State of Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and the United States. Written by former Reserved Water Right Compact Commission and DNRC staff, the staff report is also meant to summarize the main provisions of the compact, placing those provisions (where possible) within a larger legal and historical context. It is meant to memorialize institutional knowledge on the give-and-take over decades that ultimately resulted in the compromise that is the water compact. This is the story of the CSKT-MT water compact from the perspective of the State of Montana.
Also included for the reader's reference are documents formally cited in the staff report, those referenced but not cited, and additional items related to Compact negotiations.
CSKT Staff Report
Citation Number and Document:
22. Brown-Scott_Memorandum_BackgroundInfo_1980-06-05.pdf
24. 2018_SummaryOfCompactRights.pdf
25. Loble-Henry_RWRCC_RequestToInitiateNegotiations_1979-08-17.pdf
26. BrownScott_FlatheadJurisdictionSuitDiscussion_1985-07-25.pdf
27. LobleHenry_WaterRightsFromTheMurkyDepthsPresentationOutline_1980.pdf
28. 1980-02-05_LobleHenryRWRCC-Letter.pdf; 1980-01-11_CSKT-Resolution-No-5753.pdf
29. 1979-10-04_JC to Faye 2.pdf
30. 1980-06-18_IntroductoryNegSession-Billings-Transcript.pdf
31. 1981-09-16_RWRCC-Meeting-Meeting-Minutes.pdf
32. 1981-01-12_RWRCC-Meeting-Minutes_Pablo.pdf
33. Two documents are referenced in the same citation: a) Same as doc cited in 29 above, b) BrownScott_Memo-to-HenryLoble_1981-08-28.pdf
34. 1981-05-09_LetterToHenryLoble_FromRogersWilkinsonCragunBarker.pdf
35. Two documents are referenced in the same citation: a) 1981-12-30_DavidLaddMemo-DiscontinuationOfNegotiations.pdf, b) 1981_CSKT-WaterConference.pdf
76. and 77. 1985-05-28_DNRC-WaterCourt-Report.pdf
78. 1984-08-03_McOmberWGordan-ToJosephFelsman.pdf
79. Same doc as in 76. and 77. above.
80. 1985-09-26_MemoToGordonMcOmber-ScottBrown.pdf
81. 1986-07-15_Water-Court-Report.pdf
82. 1987-January-July-WaterCourtReports_CSKT.pdf
84. Two documents are referenced in the same citation: a) 1987-03-20_MarciaRundleMemo.pdf, b) 1994-12-14_SCottinghamMemo-RWRCC-Admin-History.pdf
85. Same doc as in 82. above.
89. 1981-08-28_DavidLaddMemo_OpenClosedMeetings-Confidentiality.pdf
90. 1980-06-17_MtgTranscript-NorthernCheyenneMtg.pdf
91. Two documents are referenced in the same citation: a) same as doc referenced in 29. above, b) 1979-10-16_HenryLobleMemoToRWRCC_ClosedMeetings.pdf
92. 1980-06-18_RWRCCMeetingTranscript.pdf
93. 1980-07-24_MeetingMinutes.pdf
94. 1980_MemotoHenryLoble_DavidLadd_EffectsOfStatRequirements4PublicParticipation.pdf
96. 1984-07-24_MeetingMinutes_ConfidentialityPositionRWRCC.pdf
97. 1992-06-25_CosensBarb-Memo2SusanCottingham_ConfOfDocs.pdf
100. Same as document cited in 97. above.
101. 1981-08-28_DavidLaddMemo_OpenClosedMeetings-Confidentiality.pdf
102. 1980-08-12_MeetingMinutes_NorthernCheyenne.pdf
103. 1985-09-05_WaterCourtReport_MentionOf1980-09-16-Mtg.pdf
105. 1985-09-05_WaterCourtReport_ReportOf-1984-11-19_mtg.pdf
106. Same document as in 103. above.
107. 1987-11-12_WGordonMcOmber_LetterToJackGalt-Commission.pdf
108. 1985-11-06_MarciaRundle-ConfMemo_OnCSKT-Request-for-Position-OpenMtgs.pdf
110. Two documents are referenced in the same citation: a) 1985-12-03_RWRCCMtg-Minutes.pdf, b) 1985-09-05_WaterCourtReport_MentionOf1980-09-16-Mtg.pdf
111. 1985-12-03_RWRCCMtg-Minutes.pdf
112. 1987-01-28_RWRCC-Meeting-Minutes.pdf
113. 1987-03-06_MemoToGovsOffice_MarciaRundle.pdf
114. 1987-01-28_RWRCC-Meeting-Minutes.pdf
115. 1987-12-10_RWRCC-Mtg-Minutes.pdf
116. Four documents are referenced in the same citation: a) 1987-01-28_RWRCC-Meeting-Minutes.pdf, b) 1987-12-22_LetterToMikkelsen_FromTweeten.pdf, c) 1988-01-15_LetterToMikkelsenFJBC_Tweeten.pdf, d) 1988-07-15_WaterCourtReport_CSKT.pdf
118. 1987-05-11_RWRCC-Mtg_Minutes.pdf
119. 1987-11-19_MemoToJackGalt_ChrisTweeten_OpenMeetings.pdf
120. 1992-01-30_LtrToBIAWhitesell_FromTweeten.pdf
121. Four documents are referenced in the same citation: a) 1987-January-July-WaterCourtReports_CSKT.pdf, b) 1988-07-15_WaterCourtReport_CSKT.pdf, c) 1989-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf, d) 1990-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
122. 1999-01-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
123. Two documents are referenced in this citation: a) 1991-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf, b) 2000-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
124. 1995-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
125. 1996-01-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
126. RWRCC-LEG-159305-CSKT-USDI-MOU.pdf
128. 2001-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
129. 2001-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
130. 2001-JuneProposalForNegoReservedAboriginalRights-cskt.pdf
131. SummaryOfCSKTMeetings_Nov-Dec-2001.pdf
132. 2001-JuneProposalForNegoReservedAboriginalRights-cskt.pdf
133. 2001-06-13_FredMattChairmanLetter_ToChrisTweetenRWRCC.pdf
134. 2001-06-21_Letter-to-DFredMatt_ChrisTweeten.pdf
135. SKT-GEN-154740-Public Comment.pdf
137. 2002-02-18_Notes-from-Neg-Session-Feb7.pdf
139. 2002-02-18_Notes-from-Neg-Session-Feb7.pdf
141. 2003-01-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
142. 2002-01-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
143. 2002-Interim-Admin-WorkGroup_mtgs-list.pdf
144. 2002-11-18_Letter-to_D-MacIntyre_from-SusanCottingham.pdf
146. Meeting summary.doc
147. 2004-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
148. 2005-07-15_WaterCourtReport.pdf
149. 2005-08-08_Letter-to-ClaytonMatt_ChrisTweeten.pdf
150. 2002-02-18_Notes-from-Neg-Session-Feb7.pdf
151. 2000-09-13_Minutes-Neg-Session.pdf
152. 2000-09-13_Minutes-Neg-Session.pdf
153. 2002-11-15_CommissionUpdate.pdf
154. 2003-07-03_ClaimExaminationOrder_WC_JockoRiverSubBasin.pdf
155. Couldn't find in RWRCC records. Contact Montana Water Court for this one.
156. 2006-08-11_Consolidated-WC-Order_ExamClaims_Basins76L-41Q.pdf
157. RWRCC-LEG-159305-CSKT-Agrement-2008.pdf
158. RWRCC-LEG-159305-CSKT-Agrement-2008.pdf
159. 1985-09-26_MemoToGordonMcOmber-ScottBrown.pdf
161. 2007-07-30_Flathead IR Water Rights Negotiations.pdf
162. 2001-10-25_Chronological-Info-CSKT_JoanSpecking_Historian.pdf
163. 2003-03-21_LetterToGaleNorton_From-DFredMatt-and-FJBC.pdf
166. 2007-05-17_MeetingMinutes_RWRCC.pdf
167. 2007-07-11_Neg-Session-Minutes-JoanSpecking.pdf
168. 2007-10-11_Minutes-Oct3-2007-Mtg.pdf
169. SKT-GEN-154735-Meetings-2008 03 12.pdf
170. 2008-09-25_Neg-Session-Memo.pdf
171. 2008-02-08_Minutes_Specking.pdf
172. 2008-02-08_Minutes_Specking.pdf
175. 2007-05-17_MeetingMinutes_RWRCC.pdf
177. RWRCC-GEN-154760-Meeting February 26,2013.pdf
182. Access at this URL: https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2013/AmdHtmS/SB0265GovVeto.pdf
183. Access at this URL: https://leg.mt.gov/content/Committees/Interim/2013-2014/Water-Policy/Meetings/Jan-2014/RWRCC-WaterCompactReport.pdf
185. 2014-03-31_Letter-toRonTrahan_From-GovBullock.pdf
186. 2014-04-17_CSKT Letter to Governor Re-Opening Neg.pdf
187. Ballance-Regier_request_to_WPIC-UPDATED.pdf
190. Two documents referenced here: a) WPIC Response_3.3.14.pdf, b) Couldn't find this document in RWRCC records.
191. TECH_WORKGROUP_Sept23-Complete_report-EDITED.pdf
194. FJBC-Position Statement 2014.pdf
196. Couldn't find this document in RWRCC records.
197. 2015-01-08 Summary of Proposed Compact and Ordinance.pdf
202. Two documents are referenced in this citation: a) 2008-09-25_Neg-Session.pdf, b) 11_19_08 CSKT Negotiating Session MInutes.pdf
207. Two documents are referenced in this citation: a) draft_fiip_ea_september_2008.pdf, b) 2007-10-11_Specking-MeetingMinutesMisoula.pdf
208. To documents are referenced here: a) 2007-10-11_Specking-MeetingMinutesMisoula.pdf, b) 2001-10-26_FJBC-Response-to-2001-Proposal.pdf
209. 2007-10-11_Specking-MeetingMinutesMisoula.pdf
210. 2004-12-01_BIA-Scoping-4-Enviro-Impact_FIIP-Transfer.pdf
211. Three documents are referenced in this cite: a) 2007-10-11_Specking-MeetingMinutesMisoula.pdf, b) 2010-07-27_BriefingPaper-CSKT_Proposal.pdf, c) 2001-10-25_Chronological-Info-CSKT_JoanSpecking_Historian.pdf
212. SKT-GEN-154738-Flathead Indian Irrigation Project-Reports-1985-II.pdf
213. BuRec-TheFlatheadProject.pdf
215. 2008-2-8_MinuteSummary.pdf
219. 2008-09-25_Neg-Session-Memo.pdf
226. 11-3-09 CSKT MOU meeting minutes.pdf
227. 2011-07-20_State-MT_Proposal-4-Off-Res-Rights_CSKT-Compact.pdf
230. Three documents are referenced in this cite: a) 2011-07-20_State-MT_Proposal-4-Off-Res-Rights_CSKT-Compact.pdf, b) DetailedExplanation_OfState2011Proposal.pdf, c) 2012-05-12_CSKT-Response-to-2011-State-Proposal.pdf
231. off-reservation_impact_analysis_2-2015.pdf
234. 2007-10-11_Minutes-Oct3-2007-Mtg.pdf
235. 2007-07-11_Neg-Session-Minutes-JoanSpecking.pdf
236. Two documents are referenced in this cite: a) 1987-01-15_SCottingham_SecretarialRights.pdf, b) 2013-01-17_ProposedAgreement_CSKT-FJBC.pdf
239. 2007-10-11_Minutes-Oct3-2007-Mtg.pdf
240. 7-30-08 Negotiating Session Minutes.pdf
241. 7-30-08 Negotiating Session Minutes.pdf
242. Three documents are referenced in this cite: a) MOA U OF IDAHO_State of MT 05_09_2008.pdf, b) SelectionOfImagesForMETRIC_UofIdaho_SKT-GEN-154736-Meetings-July & August 2008.pdf, c) Satellite-Based_Energy_Balance_for_Mapping_Evapotr.pdf
243. 11_19_08 CSKT Negotiating Session MInutes.pdf
244. 04_30_2008 CSKT Negotiating Session Minutes_jls.pdf
245. 2008-02-08_Minutes_Specking.pdf
246. 2008-02-08_Minutes_Specking.pdf
247. 2008-09-25_Neg-Session-Memo.pdf
248. SKT-GEN-154735-Meetings-2008 03 12.pdf
249. 11_19_08 CSKT Negotiating Session MInutes.pdf
250. 2008-02-08_Minutes_Specking.pdf
251. SKT-GEN-154735-Meetings-2008 03 12.pdf
253. 11_19_08 CSKT Negotiating Session MInutes.pdf
254. 2008-02-08_Minutes_Specking.pdf
255. 7-30-08 Negotiating Session Minutes.pdf
256. 2008-09-25_Neg-Session-Memo.pdf
257. 7-30-08 Negotiating Session Minutes.pdf
258. 04_30_2008 CSKT Negotiating Session Minutes_jls.pdf
260. 7-30-08 Negotiating Session Minutes.pdf
262. 2008-09-25_Neg-Session-Memo.pdf
Note: This section seeks to fill in a few gaps left by the CSKT Staff Report where a number of meetings and other events were mentioned but had no formal citation.
- September 16, 1980 Mtg Transcript
- November 19, 1984 Mtg Transcript
- September 11, 1985 Mtg Transcript
- November 18, 1985 Mtg Transcript
- January 25, 1995 Mtg Reference (in Water Court Report)
- January 10-11, 1995 Reservation Tour reference (in Water Court Report)
- May 3, 2000 Mtg Transcript
- September 13, 2000 Mtg Minutes
- January 7, 2002 Conference Call
- July 17, 2002 Mtg Minutes (note: staff report seems to contain an error in referencing both a June and July 17, 2002 meeting. There is only record of a July 17, 2002 meeting.)
- December 18, 2002 Mtg Minutes
- October 3, 2007 Mtg Minutes
- December 12, 2007 Mtg Minutes
- May 28, 2008 Mtg Minutes
- June 25, 2008 Mtg Minutes
- August 27, 2008 Mtg Minutes
- October 22, 2008 Mtg Minutes
- December 18, 2008 Mtg Minutes
- March 18, 2009 Mtg Minutes
- April 29, 2009 Mtg Minutes
- May 27, 2009 Mtg Minutes
- July 22, 2009 Mtg Minutes
- September 30, 2009 Mtg Minutes
- December 9, 2009 Mtg Minutes
- February 4, 2010 Mtg Agenda
- April 28, 2010 Mtg Minutes
- May 26, 2010 Mtg Agenda
- June 30, 2010 Mtg Minutes
- August 18, 2010 Mtg Agenda
- September 29, 2010 Mtg Agenda
- November 3, 2010 Mtg Agenda
- January 25, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- March 16, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- April 27, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- May 24-25, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- June 29, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- August 31, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- September 28, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- October 26, 2011 Mtg Agenda
- November 30, 2011 Document with milestones and agendas
- February 29, 2012 Mtg Agenda
- April 25, 2012 Agenda and Sign-in Sheets
- May 30, 2012 Mtg Materials
- June 27, 2012 Mtg Materials
- September 5, 2012 Mtg Materials
- October 3, 2010 Mtg Agenda
- October 24, 2012 Mtg Agenda
- September 3, 2014 Signup List
- October 15, 2014 SIgnup List
- October 27, 2014 Mtg Agenda
- November 5, 2014 Mtg Sign-up sheets
- December 1, 2014 Agenda and Sign-up sheets
- December 10, 2014 Agenda and Sign-up sheets
Negotiation Sessions Audio Recordings
Negotiation sessions were between the Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission (RWRCC), CSKT, and the United States
Negotiation sessions were between the Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission (RWRCC), CSKT, and the United States
- April 28, 2010
- May 26, 2010
- June 30, 2010
- August 18, 2010
- September 29, 2010
- November 3, 2010
- January 25, 2011
- March 16, 2011
- April 27, 2011
- May 24, 2011
- May 25, 2011
- June 29, 2011
- August 31, 2011
- September 28, 2011
- October 26, 2011
- February 29, 2012
- April 4, 2012
- May 30, 2012
- June 27, 2012
- August 1, 2012
- September 4, 2012
- September 5, 2012
- October 3, 2012
Public Information Meeting Audio Recordings