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Archives for March 2018

The ongoing saga of the West Fork Dam

March 30, 2018 by WyoFile Staff Leave a Comment

Soon after the Wyoming Water Development office released its final report in the fall of 2017 supporting an $80 million dam proposed on the West Fork of Battle Creek, a tributary of the Little Snake River in Carbon County, critics began to question the project. It would supply supplemental irrigation for 67 to 100 ranchers, fueling skepticism that spread to include a majority of the state House of Representatives. Representatives stripped funding from the project, but reached a compromise with the Senate kept the project alive. Now water developers seek to secure pro-rata funding from Colorado, which would benefit from the dam, and 100 acres of U.S. Forest Service property for the proposed 10,000-acre reservoir.

UW launches new outdoor rec. and tourism management degree

March 30, 2018 by Kelsey Dayton 1 Comment

Program is meant to train students to enter a growing industry and help diversify the state’s economy

Spring rams

March 30, 2018 by Matthew Copeland Leave a Comment

Sparring among bighorn sheep rams is typically associated with the fall mating season. Apparently no one told these two.

Kayak guide drowning may prompt Yellowstone permit changes

March 27, 2018 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 3 Comments

Park doesn’t require guides to be schooled in rescue, but that policy may change.

Pared-down criminal justice reform is now law

March 27, 2018 by Andrew Graham 1 Comment

New law creates a graduated system of sanctions for parole and probation violators. Other reforms this session failed, but an “actual innocence” bill survived.
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