Reservoir protection group reorganized

It all started with one man’s dream and the entire county’s opposition to that dream.

When water pipeline developer Aaron Million initially pitched his idea to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Colorado’s Front Range, it was met with opposition from all sides in Sweetwater County and resulted in the formation of Communities Protecting the Green, a committee tasked with monitoring various proposals like Million’s and filing a lawsuit challenging a proposal if it clears the various regulatory hurdles needed to begin work.

Now, the people on the Communities Protecting...