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More than $300 million dollars of federal funding for Montana water projects is included in the infrastructure bill negotiated by a group of Senate Democrats and Republicans. The proposal includes funds to repair the century old St Mary Milk River system.
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The water is back on in the Milk River Project St. Mary Canal for the first time in nearly five months. Thursday's water release comes following repairs to a critical drop structure.
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When a critical drop of the St. Mary Canal collapsed 14 weeks ago, downstream irrigators along Montana’s Hi Line were left high and dry. If construction continues to progress at its current clip, water could be flowing again within months.
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Federal funding will help cover roughly half the cost of rebuilding two areas of the Milk River Project St. Mary Canal. Irrigators say this is a much-needed increase.
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The 14-day stay-at-home order the Blackfeet Tribal Council implemented for the reservation will not halt the construction on two structures of the St. Mary Canal that are on reservation land.
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The century-old St. Mary Canal has been a lifeline for communities along Montana’s Hi-Line. After a portion of it collapsed last month, agencies are…