Tongue River Basin definition

Tongue River Basin means Water Court Basin 42B, the mainstem of the Tongue River and its tributaries from the Montana-Wyoming border to above and including Hanging Woman Creek, as depicted on the map attached as Appendix 2.

Tongue River Basin means Water Court Basin 42B, the mainstem of the Tongue River and its tributaries from the Montana-Wyoming border to above and including Hanging Woman Creek, as depicted on the map attached as Appendix 2. 27. "Transfer" as applied to the Tribal Water Right, means to authorize a person to use all or any part of the Tribal Water Right through a service contract, lease, or other similar agreement of limited duration. 28. "Tribal Water Resources Department" or "TWRD" means the Crow Tribal Water Resources Department, or any successor agency. 29. "Tribal Interests in the Ceded Strip" means all present and acquired interests in real property, including mineral interests, held in trust by the United States for the Tribe or Tribal members within the Ceded Strip, consisting of: Crow Indian allotments held in trust by the United States for the Tribe or Tribal members; interests restored to the Tribe pursuant to the Act of May 19, 1958 (72 Stat. 121), as modified by the Act of August 14, 1958 (72 Stat. 575); and other interests held in trust by the United States for the Tribe or Tribal members. 30. "Tribal Water Right" means the right of the Crow Tribe, including any Tribal member, to divert, use, or store water as described in Article III of this Compact. 31. "Tribe" means the Crow Tribe and all officers, agents, and departments thereof. 32. "United States" means the federal government and all officers, agencies, and departments thereof. 33. "Yellowstone River Basin between Bighorn River and Tongue River" means Water Court Basin 42KJ, the mainstem of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries between Bighorn River and Tongue River, as depicted on the map attached as Appendix 2. 34. "Yellowstone River Basin between Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and Bighorn River" means Water Court Basin 43Q, the mainstem of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries between Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and Bighorn River, as depicted on the map attached as Appendix 2.

Examples of Tongue River Basin in a sentence

• According to Montana, eight reservoirs have been built or enlarged in Wyoming’s portion of the Tongue River Basin since January 1, 1950, expanding storage capacity by 9,400 acre-feet.

• However, Montana voluntarily agreed to dismiss with prejudice its Powder River basin claims, except with respect to groundwater pumping in the Powder River basin that may affect the waters of the Tongue River Basin.

• Since then, we have been developing our plans and identifying what we think we could do to make the best use of the funding available to us.

• There are about 70,000 acres of irrigated land in Wyoming’s Tongue River Basin.

• The Powder River basin is actually larger in geographic area than is the Tongue River Basin.

• He indicated that volumetric forecasts are difficult because of spring precipitation in the Tongue River Basin (i.e.- valley precipitation is a significant portion of the hydrograph and the current regression methodology does not entirely model this influence).

• Cheyenne Tribe was awarded a settlement for reserved water rights claims in the Tongue River Basin.

• The Tongue River Basin is sparsely populated and semiarid with a mostly agricultural base.

• Failure to address these current and foreseeable future impacts on water usage in conjunction with the current demand for fresh water resources in the Tongue River Basin, is a clear violation of BLM’s NEPA review requirements.

• Wyoming and North Dakota: me Contours of Adequate Notice in the Tongue River Basin, 75 Mont.