Tag: Huntley Irrigation Project
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Huntley Project Irrigation District to Receive $75,000
The Bureau of Reclamation has selected the Huntley Project Irrigation District to receive $75,000 for small-scale water efficiency grants. The grants will help the water entities use water more efficiently and improve water supply reliability in the western United States. “This WaterSMART program improves water conservation and reliability for communities throughout the West,” said Reclamation…
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Engineers, Ecologists Seek to Improve Fish Passage on Yellowstone
By Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service When the headgates opened on the Bureau of Reclamation’s Huntley Irrigation Project on the Yellowstone River in 1907, the engineering marvel transformed the valley east of Billings from sagebrush rangeland into fields green with alfalfa and other crops. Today, the massive waterworks is at the center of another engineering…