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National Dam Monitoring Center in Montana Helps Protect Communities Across the West

A small Ronan team uses sensors and cameras to spot unsafe conditions early and alert communities before emergencies happen, officials said.

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A small team of 11 employees in Ronan is playing a major role in keeping communities safe across the West and the nation by monitoring dams around the clock.The Bureau of Indian Affairs National Monitoring Center tracks 140 dams 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The monitored sites stretch across the western United States to Alaska, and as far away as the Pushmataha Dam on the Choctaw Indian Reservation in Mississippi, located 1,600 miles from t…

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KPAX broke the news in on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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