Show water from green river carries western wyoming energy destinies water pouring by green river wyoming at the rate of more than a million and a quarter acre feet a year on the average carries the destiny of western wyoming upon its surface unused except for a comparatively few ranches some industrial and municipal use the green river today represents to wyoming but a water course that takes walar the golden fluid of 0 the west down stream out of the state at present no water power Is generated e d from its waters the greater share of western wyo minga range land Is arid and useful chiefly in winter when sheep and cattle come off the high ranges to browse and feed on the desert ar area a depending upon snow for mole moisture star e in eden valley in northern sweetwater county wyoming a acre foot ont storage orage dam Is being completed on the big sandy tributary of the green to water acres along the river bottom and in the higher altitudes at the north end of the basin individual diversions of the green and its tributaries tributa ries supply water for hay bay ranches of the stockmen stoc kmen farming exists on the upper blackstock Black Blacks stork fork in the bridger valley and along the small valley of the henrys fork this Is the picture back of wy orn domings ings endorsement of the proposed upper colorado river basin development none of the proposed r sed big storage projects are within its borders but its water use is tied to the comprehensive development plan for the basin some of its future power needs are regarded as tied to these developments the wyoming development association until recently known as the wyoming reclamation aso elation cia tion this year has taken the stand to back the colorado river plan while the wyoming natural resources board has joined the tray because western wyoming with its thousands of acres of arable land has never had a reclamation project built by the government the eden valley project originated igina ted as a carey act development BOW now is in the hands of the soil soll conservation service the new reservoir for this valley was son con strutted ted for the by the bureau of reclamation wyoming has sought construction of many western end odthe of the state projects and has sought rought supplemental water for existing anchine areas the state has besides eden valley the proposed Seeds kadee project of acres up stream on the green river the lyman prefect project in the bridger valley for supplemental water and new land and the labarge project but under present construction costs wyoming as is the case with most western irrigation projects now proposed needs other fouces of water revenue to aid in financing its agricultural development these proposed irrigation projects have been designated as participating projects in the upper colorado river basin deve development I 1 plan ian with power returns to aid m paying for the irrigation development ament because of this fact the state sate of wyoming has joined the demand toi foi the upper basin development in addition it is hoped that the hydroelectric power that wi will I 1 I 1 become available will aid in industrial du development of various resources including the potash alumna of sweetwater county to wyoming communities such as rock springs adversely affected by the dwindling market tor for its huge buge coal reserves the prospect of the large dams and reservoirs in its back door echo park lake would be 90 miles south in i B browns browns park colo over exist ing highways and roads gives the th promise of becoming the tram scon tin rall railhead head for a new tourist fishing and hunting trade one proposed dam would place the top end of a new recreational area at green rivers door stop step tour four miles down stream these factors are back of wyom ings interest in the development of 0 the water power of the green miners and prospectors locating uranium claims in zion national park and monument will face prosecution se the national park has announced ranger patrols have been intensified and sign signs are up proclaiming mining and prospecting 0 prohibited |