Draft Water Plan Meetings Scheduled for Shelby, Great Falls

The Upper Missouri River Basin Advisory Council has scheduled a series of public meetings, including Shelby and Great Falls, to gather comments on the Upper Missouri River Basin draft recommendations to the the Montana Water Supply Initiative, a 20 year state water plan .

The completed draft report of recommendations will then be forwarded to the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) in mid-June. Before the report is submitted, a series of meetings will be conducted around the basin to allow public comment on the recommendations. Comments will be considered by the Upper Missouri River Basin Advisory Council as the report is finalized.

All meetings are scheduled from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. as follows:

May 21^st –Dillon, UM Western Ballroom on

May 22^nd-Manhattan at the Gallatin Conservation District,

May 28^th– Shelby, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 222 2nd Ave S, Shelby, MT

May 29^{th -}Great Falls, Cascade Conservation District, (Mountain West Bank), 12 3rd St NW #300.

Click HERE to download the 19-page report in pdf format.

To obtain a hard copy, please contact Ann Schwend, Upper Missouri Basin Planner at aschwend@mt.gov or 406-444-1806.

Click HERE to submit a written comment on the proposal.