Green River News

Rock Springs - The economic stimulus money the Wyoming Department of Transportation District Three is receiving will bring a big boost to preserving the highways in southwest Wyoming.

Due primarily to bark beetle infestation, 300 trees have been cut, limbed, and decked at the Bridger-Teton National Foresta TMs Green River Lakes Recreation Area on the Pinedale Ranger District.

Seemingly erratic flows from Flaming Gorge Dam are being blamed for poor fishing conditions this spring on the Green River between the dam and Little Hole.

A second public meeting in southwest Wyoming drew more comments against a proposal to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and pipe it to Colorado.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded $39.1 million in highway construction contracts Thursday, including $38.2 million to be funded with federal economic stimulus program money.

The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a second public meeting in southwest Wyoming on a proposed transbasin water diversion project.

The actual date the union was formed was May 14, 1907. The afternoon festivities began at approximately 1:00 p.m. as Local President Robert Clarke gave the welcoming address.

May 11, 2009 - University of Wyoming students were recognized and awarded for their involvement and academic achievements at the recent Torchlight Laurels and the Greek Awards ceremonies.

Rock Springs - Three bridges in western Wyoming will be rehabilitated this construction season under the District wide bridge rehabilitation project that will preserve the bridges for at least another seven years before they will need to be reconstructed.

A proposed water supply pipeline project could threaten compromised flows into and out of Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

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To celebrate the expansion and reinstallation of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens presents an exhibition of works from American photographer Karen Halverson's Colorado River series, on view May 30 through Sept.

Environmentalists and others are raising questions about why the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning a formal study of a Colorado entrepreneur's plan to build a 400-mile water pipeline from Wyoming to Colorado's bustling Front Range.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has begun evaluating an ambitious plan to pump water from southwest Wyoming's Flaming Gorge Reservoir to the Colorado Front Range.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Federal agency begins EIS of Wyoming-Colorado water pipeline The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working on an environmental impact study of a 560-mile pipeline to ship water from Wyoming's Flaming Gorge Reservoir to southwest Wyoming and then along to Colorado's Front Range, and has scheduled ...

The arrival of spring brings increased activity at Wyoming mines and quarries, and with it, a greater risk of workplace accidents, safety officials say.

Last week, Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed the necessary transportation-related certifications to satisfy U.S. Department of Transportation requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Clarinetist Igor Begelmen and piano accompanist Anna Vinnitsky will perform a 10-concert tour of Wyoming March 30 through April 7. The public is invited to attend these free concerts that will be hosted in Evanston, Kemmerer, Green River, Dubois, Lander, Thermopolis, Greybull and Buffalo.

As of March 1st, most snow packs were below average throughout the county, except in Star Valley.

Plans to increase security at the Sweetwater County Courthouse in Green River has been put on hold.