St. Mary/Milk River Receives $46.5 Million in Continuing Resolution

We appreciate Representative Zinke, Senators Tester, and Senator Daines for making sure St. Mary/Milk River funding was in the Continuing Resolution at the end of 2024 congressional session. The $46.5 million will be awarded through the Bureau of Reclamation budget under Aging Infrastructure for St. Mary & Halls Coulee Siphon repairs.

At the December 18 St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group meeting in Havre, a good crowd of 30 people from irrigators, municipalities, congressional staff, State Legislators and state and federal staff were in attendance. All of the money needed to repair the $70...