Milk River Joint Board of Control

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.

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.

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.

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…

Plans are in the works to permanently repair a major Montana Hi-Line water system that collapsed last month.The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Milk River…