When Santa Cruz Water Director Rosemary Menard announced her retirement in August, the city began a national recruitment effort, and after a weeks-long long search, found the ideal replacement right here in Santa Cruz Water Department Deputy Director and Engineering Manager Heidi Luckenbach.
Most of Montana is headed into the winter months with better drought conditions than this time last year, but forecast El Niño through the core winter months that are likely to continue toward the wetter spring months could mean another year without much moisture in northwest Montana, climatological officials and meteorologists said at a meeting Thursday.
Most of Montana is headed into the winter months with better drought conditions than this time last year, but a forecasted El Niño through the core winter months will likely put the state on a path toward wetter spring months.
Santa Cruz Water Director Rosemary Menard recently announced that she will retire from her position at the start of 2024, which has prompted the city to start the search for her replacement. Menard has served as the department's director for about a decade.
According to the latest report to the Governor’s Drought and Water Supply Advisory Committee, drought conditions have improved across much of the state.