The two main irrigation systems on the Wind River Indian Reservation could hardly be more different. The Bureau of Indian Affairs manages one, a sprawling network of canals running south and east of the Washakie Reservoir and the Little Wind River. Local water users run the other, a smaller system in Crowheart (pop. 141) between Fort Washakie and Dubois. Much of the system that the BIA directly controls ran dry seven weeks ago.
Read more...Drought, controversy may spur changes in Wind River irrigation management
Outlet: Wyo File
September 18, 2013