Additional and Archived Resources

Previous Presentations

July 2024 Baggs Outreach Presentation

July 2024 Kemmerer Outreach Presentation

January 2024 Presentation

UCRC 2024 SCPP Webinar Presentation

UCRC 2024 SCPP Q&A Webinar Recording

September 2023 Presentations

April 2023 Presentations

January 2023 Presentations

October 2022 Presentation

October 2022 Water Banking Presentation

June 2022 Presentations

March 2022 Presentations

December 2021 Presentations

Programs and Reports

UB Environmental Drought Mitigation B2E Press Release

UB Environmental Drought Mitigation (B2E) Funding Information

2024 SCPP Press Release

Scoping Report for Post-2026 Colorado River Operations

Federal Register Draft of Proposed Federal Action

Agricultural Water Users Preference on Addressing Water Shortage

Upper Colorado River Basin Studies & Reports

Wyoming Demand Management FULL Economic Assessment

UW Extension Summary of the DM Economic Assessment

Wyoming Demand Management Feasibility

Colorado River Basin Survey of Agricultural Water Users

Flaming Gorge Boat Ramp Elevation Report

Other Resources

Colorado River Story Map

General Modeling Information

Water Banking Questions

Water Banking Testimony

Water Transfers in the West

2022 Drought Response Operations

2007 Interim Guidelines

Lake Powell Bureau of Reclamation Press Release

Colorado Demand Management Program

Potential Mitigation Strategies

24 Month-Study Resource Center

April 11th, 2023: Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Study (SEIS)

Near-term Colorado River Operations Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)

Appendix A: Overview of Colorado River Operations

Appendix B: Hydrologic Modeling of Submitted Proposals

Appendix C: CRMMS Model Documentation

Appendix D: Shortage Allocation Model Documentation

Appendix E: Table of Sensitive Species

Press Release: March 6th, 2023: Suspension of DROA Releases from Flaming Gorge

Press Release

March 6, 2023

Drought Response Releases Suspended at Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming, along with Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and the Bureau of Reclamation, has agreed to suspend drought response releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir beginning on March 7 th . Suspending additional releases now will help to begin rebuilding storage in Flaming Gorge.

Since last May, additional water has been released from Flaming Gorge to help protect critical

infrastructure and maintain hydropower generation at Glen Canyon Dam. Poor water supply conditions raised concerns that Lake Powell would drop below an elevation of 3,490 feet which would limit water releases and prevent hydropower generation. However, due to the success of actions taken to address declining Lake Powell elevations, as well as improved water supply conditions this year, additional water releases from Flaming Gorge are no longer needed in the near term. The currently projected wet conditions provide a critical opportunity to prepare for future dry conditions by retaining storage in Flaming Gorge.

The additional drought response releases from Flaming Gorge have been made pursuant to the 2022 Drought Response Operations Plan, and were scheduled to be made through April 2023 and total 500,000 acre-feet of water. Suspending those releases for the remainder of March and April will result in approximately 36,000 to 37,000 acre-feet less water being released than was originally planned. Even with reduced inflow from Flaming Gorge, current projections indicate that Lake Powell elevations will stay well above 3,490 feet through water year 2023.

Wyoming recognizes that the ongoing drought requires prudent management of available Colorado River flows and monitoring of Lake Powell elevations and risk to critical infrastructure at Glen Canyon Dam. However, given the wetter than average conditions in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Wyoming, working with the Bureau of Reclamation and the other Colorado River Basin states, intends to seek recovery of additional storage in Flaming Gorge this year.