Tom Annear
Instream flow supervisor, Wyoming Game & Fish Department

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  • Tell us a bit about Wyoming history and water development.

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  • Is building more storage a good way to enhance instream flow in the state? If not, why not?

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  • Imagine yourself standing on Warren Bridge, looking up river: what do you see?

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  • What in your view does the instream flow "movement" in the western states mean?

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  • What do you say to someone who says you can't eat recreation?

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  • Now let's talk about instream flow in terms of long-term water management decisions and the role of the public. Do instream flow rights tie up water in the streams and eliminate other possibilities?

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  • Tell us about Wyoming's instream flow statute. What can and can't the statute do?

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  • In the past 16 years, how many stream segments are in which stages of adjudication? Is this a satisfactory pace?

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  • Some folks say that this issue pits water for fish vs. water for people. Is that a fair characterization of the debate?

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  • It appears that there is an emerging instream flow discipline, with definitions that more and more want to include stream function, the health of the fishery etc. Can Wyoming's law can incorporate emerging demands?

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  • Is there sufficient public involvement in this issue?

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  • Most states have instream flow laws now, but is there anything more that those laws need to address?

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  • What do you think about the legislation that Senator Cale Case proposed this last session?

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