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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 2010 irrigation season, there were a total of 190 CD water reservation projects in the Yellowstone River basin. These projects put to use 82,205 acre-feet of water.

Conservation Districts have issued 77 reserved water use authorizations in the Missouri River basin, developing 30,818 acre-feet of water.

For additional information click on your Conservation District area:

Conservation District Water Reservation Contact Map Missouri Basin Yellowstone Basin Little Missouri Basin Missouri Basin

Upper Yellowstone Basin – Pat Riley


(salmon shade)

Airport Industrial Park
1371 Rimtop Drive
Billings, MT 59105

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

Upper/Lower Missouri Basin – Ann Kulczyk


(green shade)

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

406/228-2561
Fax: 228-8706

Lower Yellowstone/Missouri Basins – Duane Claypool


(blue shade)

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

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