Associated Press - June 11, 2009 10:34 AM ET

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) - A second public meeting in southwest Wyoming drew more comments against a proposal to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and pipe it to Colorado.

Sweetwater County residents and local municipal officials emphasized once again to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that they believe the privately funded water diversion project will have no real benefits for southwest Wyoming.

About 80 area residents attended the second, added Army Corps scoping meeting on the proposed pipeline project Tuesday night in Rock Springs. That was less than the 300 who showed up for the first meeting in April in the county, but their opposition was just as strident.

Residents said diverting the water could hurt local industry, could curtail future growth and could threaten a world-class fishery.

Information from: Casper Star-Tribune - Casper, http://www.trib.com

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