DNRC Regional Manager to Discuss Water Resources in Eastern Montana

Denise Biggar, with the MT Water Resources, will provide an update on the various water related issues affecting northeast Montana. Biggar is the Regional Manager for the Water Resources Division of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). She serves ten counties in northeastern Montana. She has worked for the DNRC in Glasgow for the past 14 years. The DNRC-Glasgow Water Resource office provides local support for a number of water resource programs, including water right adjudication, processing new water right applications, state water projects, water management, dam safety and floodplain management. She is going to focus on the adjudication process and explain it. She will also discuss the status of the process for the lower Yellowstone River. She will cover the water needs as a result of the oil well development, including water for drilling, hydraulic fracturing, trailer parks, man camps, gravel washing and testing pipelines. Following her presentation she will answer any questions.

For more information on the water issues affecting our region, come listen to her speak at MonDak Ag Days January 10th - 11th.