Publications

Board publications include reports, fact sheets, infographics, and presentations. Contractor reports are documents created on behalf of, or in coordination with, the IJC or its boards. Government reports are documents developed by US or Canadian local/provincial/state/federal government that are of interest to the IJC or board.

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Notification of 2026 Milk River Conditions - July 16, 2026
July 16, 2026
Precis
Today, the computed natural flow in the Milk River is zero. The period ending July 15 resulted in a Canadian surplus of 607 acre-feet, however with our current procedures, this surplus has reset to zero on July 16. Concurrent with zero natural flow in the Milk River, Canadian consumptive use...
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Accredited Officers of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers

Notification of 2026 Milk River Conditions - June 29, 2026
June 30, 2026
Precis
Hydrological conditions in the Milk River basin have swung rapidly in 2026, moving from extreme dryness to widespread rainfall and high flows. In response, the Accredited Officers (AOs) and their Field Representatives have held multiple Letter of Intent calls and issued several notifications...
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Accredited Officers of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers

Notification of 2026 Milk River Conditions
May 15, 2026
Precis
Hydrological conditions in the St. Mary and Milk River basin are exceptionally dry this year due to the combined effects of below-normal snowpack, persistent warm temperatures, and limited effective precipitation, all of which have constrained runoff and reduced river flows. Provisional data...
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Accredited Officers of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers

2024 Procedures for the Division of the Waters of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers
April 9, 2024
Precis
The division of the waters of the St. Mary River and Milk River, including its tributaries, is governed by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 which specifies the proportion of the natural flow to which each country is entitled. The subsequent Order of the International Joint Commission (IJC) dated...
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Accredited Officers of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers

Procedures for the Division of the Waters of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers
January 1, 2018
Precis
The division of the waters of the St. Mary River and Milk River, including its tributaries, is governed by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 which specifies the proportion of the natural flow to which each country is entitled. The subsequent Order of the International Joint Commission (IJC) dated...
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Accredited Officers of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers

Natural Flow Milk River User Manual and Program Documentation
July 1, 1987
Precis
This user manual and program documentation was prepared to compute the natural flow of the Milk River at the eastern crossing, the point of apportionment between Canada and United States. The methodology for natural flow computation was that contained in the interim procedures (8.1) because a...
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Accredited Officers of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers