July 30, 2025

Agenda – Minutes – Audio / Video

Administrative Matters

• Rules, Procedures, and Guidelines for Interim Committees
• Legislator Compensation Explanation
• Presiding Officer History
• Summary of Natural Resource Legislation
• Draft Work Plan
• Draft Decision Matrix
• Overview of Administrative Rule Making and Review
• Administrative Rulemaking and Rule Review, July 2025
• MAR Notice No. 2025 157-1

Agency Introductions and Overview

Department of Natural Resources & Conservation

• Water Division Overview
• Map of State Water Projects
• Floodplain Maps
• Dam Safety Program
• Stream Gage Network
• Water Rights Permitting Criteria and Process
• Enforcement and Illegal Water Use

Water Quality Nutrient Standards Update

• House Bill 664

Water Rights Adjudication Update

• Overview and Update Presentation, Water Court and DNRC
• Water Rights Information System and Adjudication
• Water Court Report

2025 Drought and Fire Outlook

• Summer-Drought Outlook Report, DNRC

Stream Gage Report

• Annual Review of MT Stream Gage Network
• Stream Gage Network Presentation

Milk River Project – St. Mary Siphon Update

• Bureau of Reclamation Presentation

Water Research

• MT Bureau of Mines and Geology Research Presentation
• House Bill 935