SWEETWATER COUNTY During Tuesday night’s Green River and Rock Springs City Council meetings, both Councils approved the formation of the Sweetwater County Water Users Coalition which is replacing the Communities Protecting the Green Committee.
Both Councils approved the dissolution of the Communities Protecting the Green Committee before approving the cooperative agreement between Sweetwater County, and the cities of Green River and Rock Springs to form the Sweetwater County Water Users Coalition.
The Sweetwater County Commission approved the formation during its April 20 meeting.
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According to Sweetwater County Commission Chairman Randy Wendling, the primary reason for the creation of the Communities Protecting the Green Committee was to take legal action if water ever was to be diverted from the Green River.
The Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at city hall.
For years, Communities Protecting the Green has been keeping a watchful eye on the Green River, ensuring no water is diverted to any other states. During the last Sweetwater County Commission meeting, Chairman Randy Wendling said the primary reason for the creation of the committee was to take legal action if water ever was to be diverted from the Green River.
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However, Wendling said recent recommendations argued against putting money into a committee for injunction purposes, as there are several private conservation groups that will file injunctions if water is ever diverted.
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April 22, 2021
The Green River Police Department will receive new body cameras as part of an upgrade it plans to initiate in the coming months.
Captain Shaun Sturlaugson of the GRPD said the equipment the department has is, at its oldest, a decade old – dating back to when the department first started equipping officers with body cameras. He said some cameras are newer, replacements for equipment that has broken over the years, but still relies on older technology and infrastructure.
“We’re still using the original equipment,” Sturlaugson told the Green River City Council Tuesday night.
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It all started with one man’s dream and the entire county’s opposition to that dream.
When water pipeline developer Aaron Million initially pitched his idea to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Colorado’s Front Range, it was met with opposition from all sides in Sweetwater County and resulted in the formation of Communities Protecting the Green, a committee tasked with monitoring various proposals like Million’s and filing a lawsuit challenging a proposal if it clears the various regulatory hurdles needed to begin work.
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GREEN RIVER Two former longtime local Wyoming legislators were honored by the Green River City Council at their Tuesday night Council meeting.
The Council honored Stan Blake and John Freeman for their years of service in the Wyoming Legislature, which totals 24 years of service between the both of them. Freeman retired from the legislature, while Blake lost the 2020 election.
Blake served 14 years in the Legislature serving the residents of House District 39, starting his legislative work in 2007. During his time, he served on eight committees, including agriculture, state and public lands, water resources, transportation, highways, military affairs, and a select committee on tribal relations which he chaired, according to Councilwoman Sherry Bushman.