Daines Attends Historic Ceremony to Sign Documents Implementing the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement and Compact

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Secretary Ryan Zinke and Blackfeet Nation Chairman Harry Barnes for the historic signing of documents implementing legislation Daines fought for since arriving in Congress: the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act.

The Blackfeet water compact will resolve all claims to water rights on the Blackfeet Reservation and ensure access to reliable and clean water for the communities within the Reservation, as well as farms, ranches, and businesses in the surrounding area. Today's signing brings the settlement closer to becoming final and enforceable.

"The Blackfeet Tribe has been waiting a long time for this day," said Daines. "Today's ceremony marks an important step toward the Blackfeet Tribe and surrounding communities having reliable access to water and seeing needed improvements to water infrastructure projects critical to farmers, ranchers and the local economy."

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