Water Rights

Why this is the most important decision in a generation

We are right back to where we started.

While it is true that Wyoming has had a rather wet 2017, water in this state is usually scarce. That is why, if you are a land owner of any sort, you need to know your water rights, according to a local organization. The Bomber Mountain Civic Center, 58 North Adams Ave, Buffalo, WY, is hosting three classes to teach you what you need to know...

“I don’t think it has anything to do with the economic development of the municipality,” says Henry.

An official presiding over an interstate water rights lawsuit pending before the U.S. Supreme Court recommends denying most of Montana's claims that Wyoming failed to deliver enough water on the Tongue River.

A legal clash over water rights on the arid Northern Plains goes to trial this week as attorneys for Montana press their case that Wyoming farmers and oil and gas companies are sucking too much water from tributaries of the Yellowstone River.