NRCS to provide assistance for ag producers impacted by the St. Mary Canal siphon failure

Staff and wire report

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service announced this week it is working on providing assistance to Milk River irrigators impacted by the catastrophic failure of two siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that provides much of the water in the Milk River most years.

“While the Bureau of Reclamation and other key partners coordinate the essential repairs to the St. Mary Canal Siphon and other components of the Milk River Project, we are working to create and fund an initiative to help ag producers avoid negative impacts to their natural resources r...