Increasing demand for water strains Upper Snake River system

By: Rebecca Huntington

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 998

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Tapping Snake River water to solve the crisis facing the Colorado River Basin would be a stretch, Wyoming Senior Assistant Attorney General Chris Brown told water aficionados Friday at a Jackson symposium.

In fact, the Snake River system is already straining under the same pressures — rising demand and falling supply — as the Colorado River system. The outlook for the Colorado River is so concerning that it’s prompting the federal government to release huge …

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