It does get dry on the eastern plains
It does get dry on the eastern plains
Well, It didn't make sense to repair and building a new one is time money and research. The other problem is that it was weak and could have failed. All problems that have to be solved with time. It is going to make it hard on some farmers and ranchers though.
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>The inevitable removal of the aging LaPrele Dam near Douglas stirred up lively debate last fall — but now that the dam has been demolished, farmers who relied on it for irrigation water must adapt. “We are, at the end of the day, at the mercy of Mother Nature,” local farmer Casey Darr told Cowboy State Daily. Natural flow through LaPrele Creek will provide some irrigation water, but it likely won’t be nearly enough, said Darr, who also sits on the LaPrele Irrigation District board of directors.
Well, It didn't make sense to repair and building a new one is time money and research.
The other problem is that it was weak and could have failed. All problems that have to be solved with time.
It is going to make it hard on some farmers and ranchers though.
Archive: https://archive.today/vClMI
From the post:
>>The inevitable removal of the aging LaPrele Dam near Douglas stirred up lively debate last fall — but now that the dam has been demolished, farmers who relied on it for irrigation water must adapt.
“We are, at the end of the day, at the mercy of Mother Nature,” local farmer Casey Darr told Cowboy State Daily.
Natural flow through LaPrele Creek will provide some irrigation water, but it likely won’t be nearly enough, said Darr, who also sits on the LaPrele Irrigation District board of directors.
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