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Carbon County to draft letter opposing McDonald Ditch water-rights transfer to instream flows
Summary
Commissioners directed staff to draft and submit a comment opposing an application to change McDonald Ditch water use for 10 years, noting property-owner concerns on Remington Ranch and that the proposal would move water to instream flows benefiting Rock Creek fisheries.
At 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 14 the Carbon County Board of Commissioners discussed an application to change McDonald Ditch water use for a 10-year period. Commissioners said the proposed change would move water to instream flows to benefit fishery resources in Rock Creek.
Commissioner Bill Bullock moved and Scott Miller seconded a motion to draft and submit a letter opposing the transfer or relocation of the water rights on the East Bench; the motion carried. Bullock said he had received outreach from property owners on Remington Ranch and from water holders further down the bench who expressed concerns about the application. Bullock agreed to take the initiative in drafting the comment letter.
The minutes do not record a vote tally; the action recorded is a board directive for staff to submit the opposition letter. The board's action is procedural — a comment letter to the water-rights authority — and does not itself change water-rights ownership or administration.
