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Commissioners press state on Tropic Reservoir order as local leaders warn of recreation and irrigation loss
Summary
Garfield County commissioners discussed a state engineer order to drain Tropic Reservoir, detailed local concerns about lost irrigation and recreation, and described ongoing county efforts to negotiate gate control and pursue showing beneficial use of stored water.
Garfield County commissioners devoted extended discussion to a dispute over Tropic Reservoir after a recent state engineer order requiring the reservoir be emptied before the state will negotiate control of the gate. Commissioners said the order risks drying a reservoir that has stored water for the Tropic and Bryce Valley area since the 19th century and could eliminate summer recreation and fisheries use.
“Now the commissioners met with the state engineer… and we were told… that at least that company could control the gates starting May 1,” one commissioner said, explaining that the county had negotiated an emergency agreement but that state action has left the reservoir empty. The commissioner…
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