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Senate debates cloud-seeding amendment to omnibus water bill; funding amendment fails by one vote
Summary
Senators debated a second-reading amendment to House Bill 117 to fund ground-based cloud seeding; the amendment (approx. $322,000) failed by a one-vote margin. The chamber later approved a separate amendment moving a project date for Alkali Creek to 2026.
The Wyoming Senate considered two second-reading amendments to House Bill 117, the omnibus water bill, including a contentious proposal to fund ground-based cloud seeding and an amendment to accelerate the Alkali Creek project timeline.
Senator Larson moved second-reading amendment number 1 to restore a ground-based cloud-seeding program with an appropriation of about $322,000; he said Lower Colorado River Basin states would…
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