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Reclamation Announces Lake Elwell (Tiber Reservoir) Public Meeting

Media Contact: Jack Conner, 406-247-7300, jconner@usbr.gov

For Release: September 25, 2019

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation is hosting a public meeting on October 9, 2019 in Chester, MT to update the public on recreation and resource management issues around Lake Elwell (Tiber Reservoir). Topics of discussion will include information on fisheries and wildlife management, aquatic invasive species, recreation improvements, and use of Reclamation lands.

"Reclamation considers public engagement important to understanding not only what is happening on our public lands, but also what is expected out of us as a public land management agency”, says Reclamation’s Acting Montana Area Manager, Tom Sawatzke.

The public meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Liberty Community & Senior Center at 618 Adams Avenue East, Chester, MT 59522

For more information visit Reclamation’s website at http://www.usbr.gov/gp/mtao.

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Relevant Link:

Montana Area Office