Water

The United States Bureau of Reclamation operations is going to lower Guernsey below the usable boat ramp levels before Labor Day weekend in order to replace the Guernsey Powerplant intake gate. Once reduced to a river level, the reservoir will not be refilled until March 2022 ...

A Wyoming rancher who was pinned by an all-terrain vehicle survived on beer and bottled water for two days.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking anglers, crayfish trappers, and other outdoor recreationists are being asked to report any rusty crayfish which are being found in the Laramie River watershed. Rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) are native to the Ohio River Basin but were discovered in Wyoming in 2006 after being illegally introduced into private ponds and then escaping into Wagonho

The City of Laramie has announced that it will be upgrading water and roadway infrastructure in the northern portion of the City. These improvements include replacing three water mains. Along with this, there will also be roadway improvements include spot repairs of curb & gutter, valley pans, sidewalks, curb ramps, and road surfacing throughout the corridor. ...

On Monday, The Anheuser-Busch Brewery in Fort Collins temporarily halted beer production to produce canned water for those in need all across the country.

Those guidelines and an overlapping drought contingency plan will expire in 2026.

Officials are looking into options for a permanent fix, including installing a fiberglass tube or rerouting the irrigation system.

Stenehjem said Friday he thought the proposal had languished but attorneys general recently learned that it was still being reviewed.