District formed to deal with irrigation shortages

TEN SLEEP – When the water levels get low in late summer and fall, many landowners along the Nowood River have nowhere to turn. As the water level goes down water rights to the Nowood River are systematically suspended for use for that year, with the newest rights going first.

The Nowood Watershed Improvement District was created in 2007 to try and address the problem with two studies underway loo...