Wyoming's Water Crisis: Only 17% of Normal!

Ajouté : 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]We head to Wyoming and the North Platte River Basin, where the Bureau of Reclamation issued a troubling forecast on May 7th.

[00:00:07]Spring runoff above Glendo Dam is expected to reach just 155,000 acre-feet between April and July.

[00:00:16]That is only 17% of normal.

[00:00:19]Snowpack across the basin remains far below average, especially in the upper North Platte, where extreme drought continues.

[00:00:27]The reservoir system can store about 2.8 million acre-feet, but storage levels are already running well below average.

[00:00:36]Major reservoirs like Seminoe, Pathfinder, Glendo, and Guernsey are expected to stay unusually low through summer.