Lummis Bill Increasing Southwest Wyoming Water Storage Passes Committee

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U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis' (WY-At large) legislation to approve expansion of water storage at the Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR) Fontenelle Reservoir in Lincoln County, Wyoming was approved today by a unanimous vote of the House Natural Resources Committee.

"Water is our most precious natural resource and this legislation will help Wyoming increase water storage capacity at the Fontenelle Reservoir," said Rep. Lummis. "Ranching in Wyoming all my life, I know first-hand we can't solely depend on rainfall in our high plains desert state. Water storage and other water development projects are what make Wyoming and the arid West bloom and prosper, and this legislation will build on that success story with the common-sense, state-led fulfillment of Fontenelle's storage potential."

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