Here's a topic I have wondered about ever since I was a kid, and now we have a venue to have a conversation about it tapping into all sorts of people with different insights on the topic.

Why isn't there any big dam on Dog Creek to create a nice large reservoir near Winifred?

Great question that I have always wondered.  Some concerns of mine are that North of Winifred you might let the dam catch some more creeks maybe like Rose and Taffy Creek adding to the water supply but wouldn't allow many ranchers left downstream to use the runoff supply for irrigation.  If the dam was further up like around Suffolk or Christina, would there be enough water to fill a dam and use runoff for irrigation downstream.  I guess the first question that needs to be answered is how much water does Dog Creek and each of its tributaries provide in each month of the year on average. 

And to answer the question going through everyone's mind ... yes, I am going to just keep posting wild and crazy ideas until the point that my posts are drowned out by everyone else's much better ideas.  I am anxiously looking forward to that day.  It will mean that this message board is finally getting enough people involved to make some things happen. 

something like this would make a huge difference in the look of our town.  Anyone know why Stafford's lake(lake Ed) has never been fixed? I assume it would be large enough to do some irrigation with around town.  I like the dog creek idea, but I assume it would be extremely costly.