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Letter from the President

Hello fellow membership!

I wanted to give you all a little background on myself. I was born in Afton Wyoming. My Family moved to Powell in 1972 to be closer to other family. My grade school years where in Powell, but ultimately, I became “an oilfield brat”. I spent my Jr. High and High School years moving with the Wyoming Oil and Gas booms to Casper, Kemmerer and Evanston. I would never change a thing for all the experiences and friends I gained while being given all that Wyoming has to offer, always being the new kid. As a young man, I lived in Wyoming towns with rivers running through them that I loved to fish in. Some of those rivers I had to fish pretty hard to find trout below the sewage treatment plants. Our State worked together as elected, appointed and associated members. In my childhood as it is now, the WWA has worked to protect all of our precious rivers, All of them.

Later in my years while living and working in another prosperous Wyoming town, I was shocked that my town had part of its drinking water distribution system being delivered through 100 year old wooden pipes... still in the early 1990’s. We, as a state, all worked together and made that water safe as stakeholders and community members.

I have made my home in Frannie for the past 26 years. During the last 11 years, I have served as the Manager of the Deaver Irrigation District which is part of the Shoshone Project.

In my 56 years of life in Wyoming, my biggest challenge has been to provide water to 15,500+ acres of irrigated land, from a reservoir that is over 50 miles away, with water that has to make its way through another Irrigation District to get to us, within one of the driest parts of America.

Thankfully, the Wyoming Water Development Association was created in 1933.

I am honored to be your new President. Thank you Past President Andy Strike for your leadership in advancing the WWA and guiding us into the future with a clear path. 

I ask that each of you receiving this to consider renewing your membership, or joining the WWA. I am looking forward to working with each of you. Wyoming’s leadership and citizenry are Americas most dedicated, and experienced supporters of our most valuable resource. I hope you agree and choose to continue your membership and support of The Wyoming Water Association.

I personally thank you for your support, and renewed membership. I am looking forward to the 2025 Annual Tour in conjunction with the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts in the Sheridan-Buffalo area starting June 19. The WWA 2025 Annual convention will be held in Casper in late October. With your continued membership and support, 2025 will be a great year for the Wyoming Water Association.

Thank You!

Jerry Dart