In 2022, Wyoming landowner Paul Hughes rejected a proposal offering $3,600 per acre for an easement connected to the proposed Alkali Creek Reservoir near Hyattville. Four years later, the Nowood Watershed Improvement District, which is developing the roughly $80 million project, is considering eminent domain to secure the remaining land rights it needs. According to the Basin Republican-Rustler, Hughes said the 2022 offer was the only one he had ever received.
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