Burgum OKs Colorado River plan, sparing cuts to Wyoming water use
• Interior secretary cements headwater states’ rights to use their shares of water while California, Nevada and Arizona will be pinched. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed a 10-year plan Friday that preserves…
Wyoming hopes $100M will be enough for Colorado River compromise
By Marit Gookin The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — Litigation, State Engineer Brandon Gebhart testified before the Select Water Committee, would be bad for all seven Colorado River Basin states. While talk of potential litigation has swirled…
Gordon in Washington, D.C. for meetings on Colorado River
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon was in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday meeting with federal officials, Western governors and members of Congress to discuss the future of the Colorado River Basin and the long-term management of critical water resources,…
Increasing demand for water strains Upper Snake River system
• Wyoming senior assistant AG says Snake water won’t be tapped to boost dwindling supply threatening infrastructure in the Colorado River Basin. By Rebecca Huntington, WyoFile.com Tapping Snake River water to solve the crisis facing the Colorado River…
Plant closures could free up water
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Coal plant retirements in Wyoming and other Colorado River Basin states offer communities in the parched West a rare opportunity to reallocate their water resources, researchers at Arizona State…