BuRec set to increase releases above Yellowtail Dam Tuesday

At the request of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, a flushing flow will be provided on the Bighorn River below Boysen Dam, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.  The flushing flow is designed to flush fine sediments from the spawning gravels in the Big Horn River below Boysen Dam. 

Releases from Boysen Reservoir

March 30, 2010

0200 hours - Increase the release from Boysen Dam from the current release of approximately 700 cfs to 3,000cfs

0700 hours - Increase the release from Boysen Dam from approximately 3,000 cfs to 5,000 cfs.

1700 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 5,000 cfs to 3,000 cfs.

2000 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 3,000 cfs to 2,700 cfs.

2200 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 2,700 cfs to 2,450 cfs.

2400 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 2,450 cfs to 2,200 cfs.

March 31, 2010

0200 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 2,200 cfs to 1,950 cfs.

0400 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 1,950 cfs to 1,700 cfs.

0600 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 1,700 cfs to 1,450 cfs.

0800 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 1,450 cfs to 1,200 cfs.

1000 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 1,200 cfs to 950 cfs.

1200 hours - Decrease the release from approximately 950 cfs to 700 cfs.  Maintain the release of 700 cfs until further notice.

Big Horn Sheep leave Big Horns

Two helicopters, each carrying a pilot and crew, arrived at Cottonwood Canyon Friday morning. They greeted a crowd of 30-plus people including Game and Fish officials, students, reporters and other observers with an overhead fly-by before bobbing through the canyon to scour the sagebrush dotted topography for Big Horn sheep.



The Game and Fish carried out the capture as part of a transplant operation to re-locate a dozen sheep from south of Devil’s Canyon to the Seminoe Mountains near Rawlins.

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Legislative preview from Rep. Elaine Harvey
Sheriff and police blotters
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High school sports

Big Horn Canyon movie night

In August of 1965, a diverse group of 29 men began what would be referred to as “The Last Trip.”

Leaving a sand and rock covered beach south of the confluence of the Shoshone and Big Horn Rivers in five rubber boats, these men floated down the Big Horn River through Big Horn Canyon.

On Jan. 28, 2010, starting at 7 p.m. at the Big Horn Canyon Visitor Center, Wes Meeker of Lovell will share his story and film footage of that historic trip. A second film, taken by five adventurous men in August of 1949, will be shown afterwards.

An expanded story will be in Thursday's Chronicle.