Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney visits Blaine County
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Steve Edwards
Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney visited along the Hi-Line last week. Cooney (left) visits with Chinook Mayor Keith Hanson (center) and Harlem City Council member Kim Hansen. Cooney chairs a drought and water supply advisory committee that reports to the Governor. He was sharing information about challenges with the St. Mary's Diversion Dam and Canal, a major part of the water supply sending water to users along the Milk River, and learning about infrastructure concerns of local governments.
Lt. Mike Cooney was traveling the Hi-Line as part of his duties as chair of the Montana Governor's Drought and Water Supply Advisory Committee. In that capacity Cooney oversees statewide efforts to share data about water supply and moisture conditions with local officials charged with managing water resources. Lieutenant Governor Cooney had just attended a meeting in Havre of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group. The Working Group, with a variety of stakeholders that use water from the Milk River, provides input to the Governor's office on a strategy for rehabilitating the diversion syste...
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