LaPrele Dam is down, and the canals it once filled are dry

LaPrele Dam is down, and the canals it once filled are dry

A rare northerly wind whipped dust off the road and threatened to pull the hard hat from Casey Darr’s head. Still, the LaPrele Creek irrigator trudged up a dirt road lined with concrete-busting and earth-moving equipment toward the pinchpoint of…

LaPrele Dam is down, and the canals it once filled are dry - Cheyenne, WY Cap City News

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFileA rare northerly wind whipped dust off the road and threatened to pull the hard hat from Casey Darr’s head. Still, the LaPrele Creek irrigator trudged up a dirt road lined with concrete-busting and earth-moving equipment toward the pinchpoint of granite canyon walls he’s known since childhood.Just a few months ago, this wind from the north would have been tamed a bit, interrupted by the spread fingers of Ambursen-sty…