Hay donations sought for reservations

Staff and wire report

State officials are calling on Montana residents to help people struggling to deal with the record-setting winter this year, with Montana Department of Agriculture’s online system set up to help people donate hay including to ranchers on two Indian reservations and the governor setting up a system for general aid.

Due to the ongoing impacts of severe winter weather, there is currently a significant and urgent need for hay on both the Northern Cheyenne and Fort Belknap reservations, the Department of Agriculture said in a release.

Producers willing to donate hay and/or hau...