Milk River water flows are making a significant return now that repairs to a Montana siphon have finished. The U.S. Bureau of ...

Just a little more than 12 months ago, the huge St Mary Siphon, more than a century old, which delivers water to thousands of ...

A little more than a year after a catastrophic failure of two 90-inch siphon barrels, the St. Mary Siphon has been repaired ...

The timeline to restore water to the Milk River is late summer 2025.

Just a little more than 12 months ago, the huge St Mary Siphon, more than a century old, which delivers water to thousands of ranchers and residents along Montana’s Hi-Line and eastern part of ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation declared the work replacing siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that failed ...

The new system replaced corroded infrastructure with modernized steel piping and reinforced concrete structures.

Repair work on the St. Mary Canal Siphon in Montana is well ahead of schedule. That means water will soon flow through the Milk River once again.

The National Park System and its concessionaires operate more than 100 boats and ferries throughout its 433 units.

The St. Mary Canal near Babb is partially filled with water on June 18, 2024, the day after a sudden failure of nearby siphon pipes led operators to close the diversion dam that feeds the canal.

The Montana canal has been in disrepair for decades, leaking water along its nearly 30-mile path as it diverts water from the St. Mary River on the Blackfeet Reservation to the Milk River.