Show irrigation news FIFTY MILE DITCH TO DIVERT WATER TO UINTA COUNTY COUNT PLANNED A huge irrigation project involving construction of a ditch at miles long to carry water from the green river it at a 1 gwint iu in Su sublette bIette county to t ello tho western end of lincoln county wb chero 0 it would join the hear bear river was 0 outlined ut here wednesday by raif half it coolley Vo olley of salt lake city an all eug augi 1 tr tor the united unite I 1 d states geological survey under the project the waters of tile the bear river used in irrigating I 1 large T tracts of laud in uinta and lill lincoln coll counties wyoming and rih rich county utah would be supplemented to a considerable de derce degree thereby opening new fields for agricultural development in those areas the project would be instituted to conserve for the benefit of tile the state of wyoming a part of the waters ot of the green river under terms of the colorado river compact under this compact wyoming I 1 is allowed a certain portion of the waters of the green river which is a tributary to the Colo nylo which in turn nill I 1 ft supply the 1 mulder dam woolley outlined the lie plan in conference with st state ate eugin engineer ce r E D I 1 W V burritt lie ile said ho be planted to send surveying parties into the field at an early dale ate to determine the feasibility of I 1 the he project the bear river is located on the utah wyoming line it serves hundreds of farmers in western uinta dounty and in the western end of lin coln coin county woolley also plans to make surveys of laramie river bottoms bottom 4 crazy woman creek creck in teh jan n county and anci the alie forks of the green river near lynian lyman cheyenne eagle may 12 4 representative E moore of nv anston says rays lie he hopes every citizen of if this locality will get behind this project and help pils push h it through till this would be a wonderful proposition for this section and now is the lime elme to get busy ind and do your part the wyom ng T ines evanston Kv anston I 1 |