(Lake County Leader) Several grant awars amounting to nearly $38 million have been awarded to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai (coot uh nigh) Tribes (CKST).
The focus of the grants is efforts to restore, conserve and preserve Flathead Indian Resservation homelands.
Six different grants were awarded to the CSKT, ranging from $143,000 for Bison Herbivory and Interactions from the US Fish and WIldlife Service, to $30.5 million for updates and rehabilitation on US Highway 93 awarded by the Federal Highway Administration.
