Kicking Horse Dam & Outlet Works Modification
Modernizing aging infrastructure to improve dam safety, water management, and irrigation reliability.
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DEWR’s work includes engineering, restoration, irrigation infrastructure, water management, and other initiatives that support implementation of the CSKT-Montana Water Compact. Explore our completed, current, and upcoming projects below.
Highlighted Projects
Featured work across the Flathead Indian Reservation
Explore featured projects that highlight how DEWR is improving water infrastructure, restoring natural resources, and implementing the CSKT-Montana Water Compact across the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Jocko Valley Canal-to-Pipeline Conversion
Converting aging open canals to buried pipelines to improve water delivery efficiency, reduce water loss, and modernize irrigation infrastructure.
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North Fork Jocko Diversion
Constructing a new rock ramp fishway, fish screen, and diversion structure to improve fish passage while maintaining reliable irrigation deliveries.
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Bison Range Reach Restoration
Restoring the 2.8 miles of the Jocko River to improve fish habitat, reconnect the floodplain, and support healthier riparian and wetland ecosystems.
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Upper S Fish Ladder (2027)
The project would modernize the facility with volitional fish passage infrastructure, allowing fish to move more freely upstream and downstream through the river system.
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Current
Current projects
Crow Creek Wetland Restoration
Revais Creek Bridge Replacement
Dixon Homesite Street Improvement
Lower Jocko J Diversion
Contract Awarded: Knife River. Anticipated to begin fall of 2026.
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Completed
Completed projects
Jocko Valley Canal Pipeline Phases 1–4
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Jocko K Headworks
The previous irrigation diversion dam structure was removed and replaced with a modernized diversion structure equipped with a fish ladder and new fish screen.
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North Fork Jocko Access Bridge
Crow Creek Wetland Mitigation
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Crow Dam & Spillway
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Mollman Pass Trail Culvert
Lake County quickly worked with CSKT, MDT, and FIIP and worked out a temporary and long term solution.
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Upcoming
Upcoming projects
Future Fish passage projects
Planned irrigation modernization projects
Dam Safety improvements in design
Restoration projects
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Requests for Proposals, Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Bids are posted on Documents & Procurement.