The Nez Perce Water Rights Settlement

On May 15, 2004, Governor Dirk Kempthorne and Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee Chairman Anthony Johnson announced an agreement to settle the Nez Perce water rights claims in the Snake River Basin.

• Press Release (KB)
• Fact Sheet (KB)
• Summary of the Agreement (KB)
• Full Text of the Agreement (KB)
• IWRB Resolution Approving the "Term Sheet" (KB)
• IWRB Resolution (changes to original) (KB)
• Attachment 1 - "A" List Stream Flows* (KB)
• Attachment 2 - "B" List Stream Flows* (KB)
• Director's Report for IWRB Minimum Stream Flows (KB)

*Please note the final "A" and "B" list streams differ from the term sheet.
See Attachments 1 and 2 to the IWRB Resolution for the final lists.

• U.S. on Behalf of the Nez Perce Tribe on Reservation, Multiple Use Water Right Claims
• Definition of Exceedence Flows

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The Snake River at Swan Falls