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Wyoming crop progress and condition report from the USDA for the week ending August 7, 2022.

Wyoming crop progress and condition report from the USDA for the week ending July 31, 2022.

We hear about efforts to reassess state allocations and what may come of a billion-dollar fund established this summer.

‘We are really desperate for water. Most of us here are unemployed and when the tank is empty, we [must] buy five litres of water from the shops for R6’ – resident.

‘This water crisis has put our lives on hold’, say residents forced to queue at standpipes from 1am daily.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Monday ordered an emergency public fish salvage at Queens Reservoir about south of Eads along Highway 287 in Kiowa County due to declining water levels related to intensifying drought conditions.

Weekly Arkansas River data courtesy of the Arkansas River Water Collaborative.

Arkansas River report for the week ending June 27, 2022.

Wyoming crop progress and condition report from the USDA for the week ending June 26, 2022.

Wyoming crop progress and condition report from the USDA for the week ending June 19, 2022.