In the wake of pressure from Bighorn River anglers, businesses, politicians and landowners, the Bureau of Reclamation has announced modifications to how it will operate Yellowtail Dam, as well as ...

LOVELL — A tale of two states sharing a single river turned another page Tuesday when members of a once-polarized group gathered to discuss the Big Horn River and the issues surrounding the management ...

With rainfall continuing at an above-normal pace the Bureau of Reclamation has decided to once again increase releases from Yellowtail Dam into the Bighorn River. According to Natural Resources ...

BILLINGS - Releases from Yellowtail Dam into the Bighorn River are at their highest level in more than a decade, and some low-lying areas along the banks of the river - famous for its trout fishing - ...

Rainbow and brown trout populations on the Bighorn River below Yellowtail Dam are growing and healthy. That’s good news for anglers and outfitters who saw populations on the stream drop after three ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Two Wyoming state senators are among those who signed a letter asking the federal Bureau of Reclamation to keep water levels higher in Bighorn Lake by immediately reducing ...

Concerns about high water releases from Yellowtail Dam into the Bighorn River has prompted the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to hold a teleconference meeting on Monday, March 12, at 1 p.m.

Dam-filled reservoirs like the Bighorn, which straddles the Montana-Wyoming border along a 70-mile long canyon, are managed to provide certain public benefits including power generation, irrigation, ...

To take the next step in trying to reduce the amount of sediment entering Bighorn Reservoir, the Bureau of Reclamation needs to find about $150,000 for a study. “It’s more of an appraisal to see if ...