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Agenda - St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group
Meeting Notice and Agenda St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group will meet in Havre City Hall’s basement conference room, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, from 10 a.m.m to 12:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is: • Call to Order — Lt.... — Updated 9/15/2023
Tester, Daines led Fort Belknap Water Compact passes Senate
A historic deal more than a century in the making requiring the federal government to ensure members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community have water — and ensures water is available to everyone along the Milk River — took anot... — Updated 7/31/2023
Fort Belknap water compact passes Senate committee
An agreement more than a century in the making to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — Wednesday when the Fort Belknap Indian Community... — Updated 7/21/2023
Fort Belknap water compact gets Senate hearing
An agreement to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — decades in the making took a major... — Updated 7/14/2023 Full story
Public meetings set on next phase of St. Mary Diversion rehab
Meetings are set to begin planning for the next phase of rehabilitating the system that provides much — almost all in some years — of the water in the Milk River: the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works. The Milk River Join... — Updated 6/29/2023
Fort Belknap water rights bill introduced to U.S. Senate
Montana Senss Jon Tester, a Democrat, and Steve Daines, a Republican, introduced the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act to the Senate Wednesday, a potentially historic bill that will secure the Fort Belknap... — Updated 6/15/2023
Today is deadline to register for MSU bus tour social
From MSU News Service The leadership of Montana State University's flagship campus in Bozeman is going on a bus tour of the state June 20-22, with social events planned in Havre... — Updated 6/14/2023
Fresno Dam Road lane restrictions and delays
Staff and wire report The road crossing Fresno Dam has been reduced to a single lane of traffic this week, with the restriction running from Tuesday to June 16, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced. The lane closure is part of the... — Updated 6/7/2023
Obituary - Donna E. (Cornella) Larson
Donna E. (Cornella) Larson, 95, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at Sweet Nursing Home of natural causes. Her Vigil Service will be at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 6,... — Updated 6/5/2023
State bills providing funding for St. Mary diversion discussed
Members of the St. Mary's Rehabilitation Working Group discussed at its meeting Tuesday bills in the 2023 legislative session that would provide the project with millions of... — Updated 5/24/2023
Hungry Horse Dam Visitor Center to reopen daily Memorial Day weekend, tours return in June
Press release Starting Thursday, May 25, 2023, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Hungry Horse Dam Visitor Center will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time. The outdoor, guided walking tours will resume June... — Updated 5/23/2023
Agenda - St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group
St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group will meet Tuesday, May 23, 2023, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Basement Conference Room of Havre City Hall. The meeting agenda is: 1. Call to Order — Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras, co-chair 2.... — Updated 5/22/2023
Public invited to attend Tiber Reservoir public meeting
Press release The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to host a public meeting Wednesday, May 24, 2023, from 6-8 p.m. at the Chester Community/Senior Center at 618 E. Adams Ave., Chester, to discuss recreation at Tiber Reservoir, Di... — Updated 5/17/2023
Town hall meeting set on St. Mary, Milk rivers study
The International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board will be holding a public town hall meeting May 2, a press release from the International Joint Commission said, adding that... — Updated 4/19/2023
Work on Fresno Dam set to start
Representatives of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation held an open house meeting Wednesday to provide a fisheries update for Fresno Reservoir and... — Updated 4/7/2023
Fresno Dam Modification to start and Tailwater Fishing Access Site to close
Press release BILLINGS — The contractor selected to complete the Fresno Dam Safety Modifications, NW Construction, plans to begin mobilization activities the week of April 17. The project will be one of the topics at the open... — Updated 4/4/2023
Fresno Reservoir informational public meeting being held in Havre
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host the annual open house and present information on Fresno Reservoir and the Fresno fishery in Havre April 5 starting at 6 p.m. at the Best Western Plus Inn and Suites “on... — Updated 3/30/2023
Try not to stress wildlife at this time of year
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Late winter and early spring is often a difficult time for wildlife. After using fat reserves through most of the winter, along with trying to... — Updated 3/21/2023
Regional water system receiving $77.5 million more in funding
U.S. Sen Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Tuesday that he today secured $77.56 million through his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, IIJA, for the Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System. The... — Updated 2/15/2023
Dive exam scheduled for Fresno Dam
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a dive exam of the outlet works intake and stilling basin at Fresno Dam, 15 miles west of Havre, Oct. 17. The outlet works will be closed starting at 9 a.m.... — Updated 10/11/2022
Fort Belknap intervenes in mining appeal
Fort Belknap Indian Community and three conservation organizations filed a motion to intervene Monday against an attempt to overturn a ruling on a decision about conducting mining exploration in the Little Rocky Mountains south... — Updated 9/21/2022
Withdrawal established to protect Zortman-Landusky Mine reclamation site
The Bureau of Land Management issued a Public Land Order today to protect more than 2,600 acres at the Zortman-Landusky Mine reclamation area from future mining activities. The BLM... — Updated 9/9/2022
Fresno boat ramp closed next week for repairs
Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited is taking advantage of what would generally be considered a bad situation at Fresno Reservoir to make some repairs to its boat ramp. Chapter... — Updated 8/29/2022
Letter to the Editor - Fresno's management must change
Editor, Fresno Reservoir, Aug. 23, 2022: The pelicans, herons, plovers, and gulls are mostly gone. The fish are starving, some are dying. The water levels are dropping faster than the clams can move. They die on the shore, far... — Updated 8/26/2022
Comment sought on St. Mary/Milk rivers study
A board is looking for public comment on and is holding a virtual webinar this week about a work plan to be submitted to the commission that oversees the waters that flow between the U.S. and Canada about how to apportion waters... — Updated 8/16/2022