Welcome to the Great Plains Region, the largest and most ecologically diverse region of the Bureau of Reclamation. The GP Region encompasses nine western states,and hundreds of irrigation projects, dams, and other water-supply related facilities. The photograph to the left is a sailboat cruising the waters at Canyon Ferry Reservoir in Montana. The Great Plains Region has its roots in three former Reclamation regions: the Upper Missouri Region headquartered in Billings, Montana; the Lower Missouri Region headquartered in Denver, Colorado; and the Southwest Region headquartered in Amarillo, Texas. In October 1985 the Upper and Lower Missouri regions were merged into the Missouri Basin Region with headquarters in Billings. In 1988 much of the Southwest Region was joined into the Missouri Basin Region and became the Great Plains Region. <find out more> Reclamation’s Great Plains Region includes all or parts of nine states extending from the Canadian border adjoining Montana and North Dakota to the southern tip of Texas. This region manages over 150 major water storage and delivery structures associated with 80 reservoirs. Over 1,000 water service and repayment contracts are administered for the region's projects to provide water to irrigate over two million acres of farmland and to meet the daily needs of over two million people. The region's 21 powerplants generate over three billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year, enough to meet the power needs of about a quarter million homes. Recreation is also an important use of the region's reservoirs with over 14 million visits each year.
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