For Snake River flows, deputy Interior secretary says everything is on table
• Tommy Beaudreau wants to see water strategy revisited. By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Tommy Beaudreau, second in command at the U.S. Department of the Interior, sees debates about using water in…
Authorities scramble to entice paid, volunteer water savings
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Upper Colorado River Basin states, including Wyoming, are looking for agricultural irrigators, municipalities and other water users interested in a volunteer program that pays them to leave water in streams flowing to the troubled Colorado River….
Water managers: Lower Flaming Gorge levels the ‘new norm,’ for now
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Lower water levels at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which have left several boat ramps and docks high and dry, are likely the “new normal” for years to come, according to federal officials. The Bureau of Reclamation’s most…
Flaming Gorge to be drawn down
CASPER (WNE) — The Southwest is turning to upstream reservoirs as the water level in Lake Powell continues to fall. Regulators plan to release an extra 500,000 acre-feet of water from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir between May of this year…