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St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group A big thank you to 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,...
Marko Manoukian is the County Agent for Phillips County's Extension Service. He was one of the original members of the St Mary's Working Group, first convened in 2002. He became Co-Chair of the group when Blaine County's Randy Reed passed. Summarizing the work of the working group, he said, "We've been chipping away at the rehabilitation of the St. Mary's Conveyance and the Milk River System Irrigation Project. No big pieces have fallen off yet." On August 14 and 15 the St. Mary Rehabilitation...
The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group met on January 12, 2016 in Havre to discuss the their upcoming meeting with their water firm, Water Strategies, and hear updates on maintenance work being performed by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The Work Group discussed the water situation with snow pack at 72% of normal and soil moisture at 98% of normal. There is time to see what El Nino has in store for the watershed. The St. Mary/Milk River is a part of the growing infrastructures needs in the US. The American Society of Civil Engineers...
