(Helena, Mont.)—In a letter submitted to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee the members of the Water Policy Interim Committee (WPIC) recently voiced their strong support for the ratification of the…
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At a hearing this week, Senator Steve Daines presented his Montana Water Rights Protection Act to the members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. The legislation, which is co-sponsored by…
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Old irrigation structures tend to fail when they aren’t updated or repaired in a timely manner. Producers learned that in southeast Wyoming when the Goshen/Gering-Ft. Laramie irrigation district’s tunnel collapsed.…
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Last week several Montana farmers traveled back to Washington, D.C., to urge the Congressional Delegation to move ahead with ratifying the CSKT Water Compact, that the Montana Legislature approved four…
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The tunnel collapse that occurred on July 19, 2019 has completed enough repairs to test water capabilities by the end of the week. In a statement released on Goshen Irrigation…
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Update USDA Risk Management Agency answered the delegates call to grant crop insurance protection for producers hurt by the collapse of the Gering-Ft. Laramie-Goshen irrigation canal tunnel. Senators Enzi and…
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The economic impact of the July 17 tunnel collapse on the Gering-Fort Laramie Canal could climb as high as $89 million if the loss of irrigation water results in a…
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The Gering/Ft. Laramie Irrigation District and the Goshen Irrigation District (Wyoming) held meetings July 24 to update stakeholders on progress toward restoring water flow in the Goshen/Gering Ft. Laramie Irrigation…
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Surface-water irrigators in the North Platte River Valley south of the river in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming have lost their water supply due to a washout in the main…
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Irrigators and water users along the Lower Yellowstone are fighting to encourage a Federal Judge to lift the injunction halting construction of a fish bypass to the Intake Diversion Weir…