Benefiting landowners

Joe Parsons, Supervisory Resource Specialist with the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD) in Saratoga, said two studies - the Platte River Basin Plan Study (Basin Plan) and the Upper North Platte Level I Watershed Study - are two separate studies, but are not mutually exclusive of each other.

The Basin Plan covers a larger portion of state drainages and since the water rights in the Platte Valley are allocated, the Basin Plan is used more for areas where the water rights are not fully allocated.

The Basin Plan is not necessarily detailed enough for the SERCD, but it is go...