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Montana’s snowpack decreased statewide following January’s relatively dry conditions.

Montana’s early season snowpack is currently above normal throughout the state and farmers who’ve been struggling with historic drought conditions are thrilled.

Our question this week comes from a listener in Helena named Bob Flipovich, who wants to know who owns the most water rights in Montana. Water rights determine who can take water out of our lakes and streams, and how much they can take.

More water is expected to flow through Montana’s rivers than previously forecast. April’s precipitation provided a badly needed boost to the state’s snowpack.

For the third consecutive month, precipitation was well below normal across most of Montana. Mountain snowpack is subpar across most of the state and time is running out to make up the difference.

The unanimous opinion from the state high court upheld the authority of zoning regulations approved by voters in 2018 that restrict how Montana Artesian Water Company can operate.

In 2016 Montana became one of the first states to adopt numeric standards for certain river systems. Now, under a law passed during the last legislative session, it’s become the first to repeal them.

Mountain snowpack is starting to make significant gains in several of Montana’s otherwise parched river basins.

The Milk River Project has provided water to tribes, irrigators and municipalities in northern Montana for a century. And it's overdue for major repairs.

Under the deal, the tribes relinquished thousands of off-reservation water-rights claims in exchange for a nearly $2 billion trust to settle claims and improve the Flathead Irrigation Project.