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Feds again reject Flaming Gorge pipeline plan

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 5:25pm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A federal agency for the second time has denied a permit requested by a Colorado businessman who wants to build a 500-mile pipeline to carry water from southwestern Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range.

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Flaming Gorge pipeline proposal draws criticism

Ben Neary The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 4:54pm

GREEN RIVER, Wyo -- The latest application for a federal permit to construct a pipeline to haul water from the Green River in southwestern Wyoming to Colorado's sprawling Front Range is sparking opposition from environmental groups and others in the "Cowboy State."

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Officials find body of Colo man who drowned in Flaming Gorge

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 12:30pm

MANILA — Searchers have found the body of a 35-year-old Colorado man who drowned in Utah’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

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Colo. man presumed drowned in Flaming Gorge

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 2, 2011 - 11:44am

MANILA -- A 35-year-old Colorado man is presumed drowned in Flaming Gorge Reservoir after reportedly giving up his life jacket to a friend swimming with him.

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24-year-old man dies in Flaming Gorge Reservoir

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 7:20am

CASPER, Wyo. — A search team has recovered the body of a 24-year-old man who died in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the border of Wyoming and Utah.

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82-year-old Bountiful man drowns at Flaming Gorge

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 19, 2011 - 12:37pm

MANILA — An 82-year-old man from Bountiful has died of drowning and possible other medical problems when he lost his balance and fell off a dock at Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

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Feds stop work on Flaming Gorge pipeline study

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 1:47pm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended its evaluation of a proposed pipeline to carry water from southwestern Wyoming to the Front Range of Colorado.

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Flaming Gorge Reservoir. (Standard-Examiner Photo by Robert Johnson)

Extra water released from Flaming Gorge Reservoir

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 2:50pm

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir to prepare for the big spring runoff and more releases are expected.

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