Shawn Kuzara

Shawn Kuzara


Hydrogeologist—Associate Professor
Phone: (406) 496-4594
Email: skuzara@mtech.edu

MBMG—Billings
101 Grand Avenue
Butte, MT 59101


  • Outreach & Presentations
  • Publications
Date Citation
3/12/2018 Kuzara, S., 2018, A Century of Irrigation in Montana: Presented for the Education Session at the Miller Coors, Western Sugar and Syngenta’s Sustainability Annual Results Review, Billings, Montana, March 12, 2018.
2/27/2018 Kuzara, S., 2018, Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction in the Rock Creek Watershed: Presented to the City of Joliet, Joliet, Montana, February 27, 2018.
12/12/2017 Meredith, E., and Kuzara, S., 2017, Irrigation and Groundwater: How Irrigation Supports Recharge and Interacts with the Quality of Groundwater: Presented at the Musselshell Water User Coalition, Roundup, Montana, December 12, 2017.
10/13/2016 Kuzara, S., 2016, Irrigation Efficiencies Impact on Domestic Groundwater Supplies: Poster Presentation at the MT AWRA Conference, Fairmont, Montana, October 13, 2016.
3/1/2015 Kuzara, S., 2015, Annual Data Findings: Presented to the Carbon Conservation District and Commissioners, March 2015.
2/12/2015 Kuzara, S., 2015, Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction in the Rock Creek Watershed: Presented to the DNRC, February 12, 2015.
3/31/2014 Chandler, K., and Kuzara, S., 2014, Sustainable Water Supplies from the Madison Aquifer: Presented to the Cascade County Commissioners, Great Falls, Montana, March 31, 2014.
3/18/2014 Kuzara, S., 2014, Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction in the Rock Creek Watershed: Presentation to Carbon Conservation District, Joliet, Montana, March 18, 2014.
10/1/2011 Kuzara, S., 2011, Groundwater Surface Water Interaction in the Alluvial Aquifer: Modeling the Middle Stillwater River Valley: Presented at the 2011 Montana Water Center Conference, Great Falls, Montana, October 2011.
10/1/2011 Kuzara, S., 2011, Madison Aquifer Project Update: Presented to the Cascade County Commissioners, October 2011.
4/29/2011 Kuzara, S., 2011, Groundwater- Surface Water Interaction Along the Stillwater River Near Absaroke, Montana: Presented Geosciences/Hydrogeology Thesis Project at Montana Tech, Butte, Montana, April 29, 2011.
4/1/2011 Kuzara, S., 2010, Stillwater-Rosebud Aquifers: Presented to General Public, April 2010.
12/1/2009 Kuzara, S., 2009, Project Progress Update: Presented to the Stillwater County Conservation District, December 1, 2009.
5/7/2009 Kuzara, S., 2009, Groundwater Surface-Water Interaction in the Alluvial Aquifer of the Stillwater River Valley: Presented at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Seminar, Butte, Montana, May 7, 2009.
10/1/2006 Kuzara, S., 2006, Hydrogeologic Characterization of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Along Belt Creek Near Belt, MT: Poster Presentation at the American Water Resources Association Conference, October 2006.
6/4/2006 Kuzara, S., 2006, Regional Coalbed Methane Groundwater Monitoring in Southeastern Montana: Presented at the 2006 Billings Land Reclamation Symposium, Billings, Montana, June 4,-8, 2006.
11/1/2005 Kuzara, S., 2005, Coalbed Methane Groundwater Monitoring Activities in Southeastern Montana: Presented at the American Water Association Montana Chapter Annual Convention, November 2005.
10/1/2004 Reddish, S., 2004, Age Dating the Geologic Units in the Belt, MT Area: Poster Presentation at the American Water Resources Association Conference, Helena, Montana, October 2004.
10/1/2003 Reddish, S., 2003, A Continued Study of the Hydrogeologic Characterization of AMD Production Along Belt Creek Near Belt, MT: Poster Presentation at the American Water Resources Association Conference, Butte, Montana, October 2003.
10/1/2002 Kuzara, S., 2002, Determining the Depth of the Third Cat Creek Aquifer in Fergus County: Poster Presentation at the Montana American Water Resources Association Annual Convention, October 2002.
10/1/2002 Reddish, S., 2002, Hydrogeologic Characterization of AMD Production Along Belt Creek Near Belt, MT: Poster Presentation at the American Water Resources Association Conference, Livingston, Montana, October 2002.
10/1/2001 Reddish, S., and Reiten, J., 2001, Using Diverse Stratigraphic Data and GIS to Map Lower Cretaceious Aquifers in the Big Spring Creek Watershed Fergus Co. MT: Poster Presentation at the American Water Resources Association Conference, Missoula, Montana, October 2001.
Kuzara, S., 2005, Coalbed Methane Basics Review: Presented at the Sky View High School Chemistry Class, 2005.
Kuzara, S., 2008, Modeling Alluvial Aquifers, Stillwater River: Presented Thesis at the Graduate Seminar at Montana Tech, Butte, Montana, 2008.
Kuzara, S., 2008, Statistics and Gorundwater for the Applied Statistics and Exp Design Course: Presented at Montana Tech, Butte, Montana, 2008.
Kuzara, S., 2008, Strontium Isotopes: Presented at the Isotope Geochemistry Course at Montana Tech, Butte, Montana, 2008.
Year Citation
2024 Kuzara, Shawn, 2024, Groundwater and surface-water interaction in Rock Creek Valley between Red Lodge and Rockvale, Carbon County, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 762, 65 p.
2023 Kuzara, Shawn, 2023, Groundwater recharge in flood to pivot irrigation conversions: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Information Pamphlet 16, 8 p.
2023 Meredith, E., and Kuzara, S., 2023, Sources of salinity to the Musselshell River, Musselshell County, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Report of Investigation 35, 35 p.
2023 Meredith, E., Smith, M., and Kuzara, S., 2023, Sources of salinity to the Musselshell River: Executive summary: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Information Pamphlet 15, 4 p.
2022 Gammons, C., and Kuzara, S., 2022, Developing a sulfate-isotope fingerprint of acid mine drainage to identify underground controls on groundwater flow paths: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Report of Investigation 33, 30 p.
2020 Chandler, K., Kuzara, S., and Reiten, J., 2020, Madison aquifer test: Prairie Nest irrigation well, Great Falls, Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 734, Cascade County, Montana, August 21, 2020.
2012 Meredith, E.L., and Kuzara, S.L., 2012, Identification and Quantification of Base Flow Using Carbon Isotopes: Groundwater, 50: 959–965. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00952.x
2005 Wheaton, J., and Reddish, S., 2005, Potential Effects to Ground Water Systems Resulting From Subsurface Injection of Coalbed Methane Production Water: White paper Prepared for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, 17 p.