Nez Perce Tribe water settlement finalized

Tuesday, May 1, 2007  

The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho signed an agreement to formally end a water rights lawsuit.

The tribe agreed to give up its claims to water in the Snake River basin in exchange for about $83 million in cash, 11,000 acres of land and salmon conservation measures. The entire package is worth $193 million.

The state and individual water users also signed the agreement. It was ratified by Congress in 2005.

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Idaho, Nez Perce Tribe Sign Water Deal (AP 5/1)

$rl Nez Perce Tribe - http://www.nezperce.org
The Nez Perce Water Rights Settlement - http://www.idwr.idaho.gov/nezperce

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