BILLINGS, Montana, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Reclamation's May forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows: * Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 1,203,000 acre-feet (af), which is 96% of the 30-year average of 1,256,400 af. * Buffalo Bill Reservoir - Shoshone River April through July inflow to Buffa  more

HELENA, Montana, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: Due to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) following the global spread of COVID-19, a manager with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Helena Regional Airport (HLN) decided to take action and mobilized a local robotics team to begin making N-95 style face masks and face shields for use by Montana residents who need them. TS  more

HELENA, Montana, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: Winter wheat production in Montana, based on conditions as of May 1, 2020, is forecast at 79.05 million bushels, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 17 percent below last year's production of 95.00 milli  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: During the next few weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the June Agricultural survey. The agency will contact nearly 6,000 producers across the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming to determine crop ac  more