Year     Expenditure  

2000        $70,000        
2001        $50,000        
2002     $130,000        
2003        $90,000        
2004     $104,194        
2005     $120,000        
2006     $120,000        
2007     $120,000        
2008     $120,000
2009     $120,000        
2010     $120,000

 
 

Year      Expenditure

2011      $120,000
2012      $120,000
2013      $120,000
2014      $120,000
2015      $120,000
2016      $120,000
2017      $120,000
2018      $120,000
2019      $120,000
2020      $120,000
2021      $120,000

History of Lobbying:

Dry Prairie Rural Water was authorized by Congress as the State of Montana's first Regional Water Authority in January 2000. The Authorization of the project was no small feat. In order for this to happen, Dry Prairie Rural Water utilized the firms of Preston Gates, Ellis, Rouvelas & Meads and Greenburg Traurig in Washington, D.C. to lobby on behalf of the Ft. Peck Reservation Rural Water System.

Since 2005, Dry Prairie has been utilizing the services of Barnes & Thornburg of Washington, D.C. for all Federal Lobbying activities. Barnes and Thornburg are on retainer to Dry Prairie for all Federal lobbying services for $10,000/month. The bulk of all current lobby activities are centered around the Project's Annual Appropriation Request and assistance with supplying testimony to Congress as well as contacts with the appropriate committee and subcommittees.

The following is a tabulation of Dry Prairie's Lobbying Expenditures on behalf of the Ft. Peck Reservation Rural Water System to date:

Year      Expenditure

2022     $120,000
2023     $120,000