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Conservation District Water Reservations

In 1978, the Board of Natural Resources and Conservation granted water reservations to 14 conservation districts (CDs) in the Yellowstone River basin.  Ten CDs were granted reservations in the upper Missouri River basin in 1992, and eleven CDs were given reservations in the lower and Little Missouri River basins in 1994.  Some CDs have reservations in more than one basin.  The Resource Development Bureau provides legal, technical, and programmatic assistance to conservation districts in administering water reservations.
At the end of the 2007 irrigation season, there were a total of 183 CD water reservation projects in the Yellowstone River basin.  These projects put to use 75,854.3 acre-feet of water, which is 15 percent of the CDs' total allocated water.

Sixty-six reserved water use authorizations had been issued by CDs in the Missouri River basin by the end of the 2007 irrigation season.  These projects have developed 27,652.1 acre-feet of water, which is 9 percent of the CDs' total allocated water.

For additional information click on your area below:

Conservation District Water Reservation Contact Map

Yellowstone Basin –Pat Riley and Kelly Norwood

Airport Industrial Park
1371 Rimtop Drive
Billings, MT 59105

Phone: 406/247-4413
Fax: 247-4429

 

Missouri Basin -Ann Kulczyk

224 Sixth Street South
P.O. Box 1007
Glasgow, MT 59230-1007

406/228-2561
Fax: 228-8706

 

Little Missouri Basin -Duane Claypool

321 Main Street,
P. O. Box 276
Miles City, MT 59301

Phone: 406/232-6359
Fax: 232-3807