River restoration focuses on penetrating radar

Discussing potential funding sources and how to receive the funding was the primary topic for the River Restoration meeting held last Thursday. The meeting was held a week after their monthly meeting to smooth out plans for the geothermal penetrating radar (GPR), sand bar removal and intended funding sources.

Joe Parsons and Glen Leavengood, from the Saratoga Encampment Rawlins Conservation District, expressed their concerns about the committee focusing attention on the sandbar removal—which is considered dredging and is not qualified as an “approved scientific” Best Management Practice. “I th...