Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Planning meeting in Pinedale Oct. 11
by Wyoming State Engineer's Office
September 24, 2018
The State Engineer’s Office will hold public meetings in western Wyoming in October on Drought Contingency Planning in the Colorado River Basin.
State Engineer Pat Tyrrell will be discussing drought contingency planning efforts in the Colorado River Basin at three upcoming public meetings. The Colorado River is now experiencing its 19th year of drought. Since 2013, officials in the seven Colorado River Basin states, the Department of Interior and the Republic of Mexico have been working on drought contingency plans. Plans in the Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada have been developed separately, but parallel to, plans developed in the Upper Basin states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Plans in both basins are now nearing completion.
The State Engineer will discuss the need for these plans, describe the contemplated plans, and answer questions at the three public meetings listed below.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 – Baggs, Wyoming
Valley Community Center, 255 W. Osborne St., Baggs, WY
Conference Room
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – Rock Springs, Wyoming
Western Wyoming Community College, 2500 College Dr., Rock Springs, WY
Lecture Hall #1005
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Thursday, October 11 – Pinedale, Wyoming
Sublette County Library, 155 S. Tyler Ave., Pinedale, WY
Lovatt Room
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
For additional information, please feel free to contact Steve Wolff at (307) 777-1942 or steve.wolff@wyo.gov.
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