Articles with the Tag: CSKT
News from the CSKT Natural Resources Department FLATHEAD LAKE — The 40th Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake will begin on March 17 and end on May 15. This year’s event will focus on nine weeks of lake trout fishing, consisting of 60 total fishing days. Up to $225,000 in cash and prizes w...
News from the CSKT Division of Fir e FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Spring debris burning season opened Tuesday, March 1. Burning is a great way to clear dead vegetation and clean up. Before you light your piles or grass this spring, take the necessary precautions to ensure your burn does not become the ne...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — This winter, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks lethally removed three adult mountain lions from Wild Horse Island State Park in collaboration with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. FWP received reports of lion sightings from landow...
LAKE COUNTY — A presentation by the emergency response teams in the Flathead Basin revealed a common need: volunteers. Presenters of the panel included Nic Winslow of BNSF, Brian Heino of Flathead County, Mark Clary of Lake County, and Dale Nelson of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes...
A three-member arbitration panel recently rendered decisions in favor of Lake County on two of the three issues contested in a lawsuit brought against the Montana Department of Revenue (MDOR), by the County related to the Temporary Tribal Tax Exemption (TTTE), a statute enacted in 2012. The statute provides ...
A year ago, we launched the Snowbird Fund to help families and friends of missing and murdered indigenous persons by offering immediate cash assistance (no questions asked) to search for their loved ones. Since then, the fund has not only survived but it has doubled its cash amount and increased its fundi...
News from Missoula Public Library MONTANA — The 2021 Montana Book Award winner is Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana by Abe Streep, published by Celadon Books. This annual award recognizes literary and/or artistic excellence in a book writte...
News by Valley Journal Staff LAKE COUNTY — More than two dozen prisoners have filed lawsuits against various officials in the City of Polson and Lake County and the entities themselves in the past six months in regard to conditions at the Lake County Jail. A judge in federal court in Miss...
LAKE COUNTY — I’ve been in sleuth-mode lately. With the Flathead Reservation Water Management Board fully formed and a deadline of March 16 looming to register “existing uses” of water with the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), I’ve been navigating t...
RONAN — The Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes Division of Engineering and Water Resources held an event last week to answer questions about ongoing projects tied to the CSKT Water Compact. The four-hour event was meant to be informal, allowing attendees to come as their schedule allowed to ask abo...
