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Rawlins City Council accepts bid for Sage Creek Cathodic Protection Rehab Project
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (320+ words) Crews get ready to replace a section of pipe following a break in the high pressure water transmission line that supplies about one half of the Rawlins community. Rawlins City Council recently approved a bid to rehabilitate the Sage Creek…...
Wyoming ranchers face worst irrigation season in decades
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (754+ words) A pivot irrigation system on the Mercer ranch near Hyattville. SHERIDAN " Wyoming ag producers are facing water shortages as the eastern half of the state, including Sheridan County, experiences severe to extreme drought conditions. "Without a doubt, this is the…...
Wyoming ranchers face worst irrigation season in decades as Montana calls for water
3+ day, 35+ min ago (753+ words) A pivot irrigation system on the Mercer ranch near Hyattville. SHERIDAN " Wyoming ag producers are facing water shortages as the eastern half of the state, including Sheridan County, experiences severe to extreme drought conditions. "Without a doubt, this is the…...
Family of beavers released into wild for first time in 400 years
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (351+ words) A family of beavers has been released into the wild of one of the driest counties in England for the first time in 400 years. Two adults beavers, and two kits, were released following two years of preparation. The family of…...
Increasing demand for water strains Upper Snake River system
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (693+ words) Mount Moran's reflection ripples across the waters of Oxbow Bend on a crisp fall day in 2025. Tapping Snake River water to solve the crisis facing the Colorado River Basin would be a stretch, Wyoming Senior Assistant Attorney General Chris Brown…...
Bureau of Reclamation predicts below normal snowmelt for North Platte River Basin
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (300+ words) Angler is shown fishing on the Miracle Mile. The Bureau of Reclamation offered a snowmelt forecast for the the areas in the North Platte River Basin, including the Miracle Mile, that is expected to be well below normal average this…...
Southwestern Wyoming, other upper Colorado River Basin states, prepare for water shortages
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (461+ words) Buckboard Marina owner Tony Valdez observes toxic cyanobacteria blooms at Flaming Gorge Reservoir on Sept. 26, 2022. Gov. Mark Gordon joined fellow governors from other Colorado River headwater states Thursday to announce that a significant extra water release from Flaming Gorge is…...
It's incredibly bad': No end in sight to Colorado River water crisis
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (426+ words) Buckboard Marina owner Tony Valdez, seen here on Sept. 26, 2022, says he's made continual adjustments to boat docks to keep up with lowering water levels at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The outlook for the Colorado River, and Lake Powell in particular, continues…...
Two southwest Wyoming towns brace for water restrictions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (477+ words) Crews from multiple agencies fight the Robertson Fire in early March in the Bridger Valley. A warm, dry winter and resulting low snowpack have led the towns of Lyman and Mountain View to consider water restrictions. Water officials in southwest…...
Colorado River Basin headwater states say they can't cut water they don't have
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1140+ words) The town of Silverton, Colo. , perched at 9, 318 feet above sea level in the San Juan Mountains, is free of snow on March 14, 2026. Buckboard Marina owner Tony Valdez, seen here on Sept. 26, 2022, says he's made continual adjustments to boat docks to…...