Over the centuries, the Bighorn River carved a spectacular 50-mile long canyon out of the plains of Montana and Wyoming. The river's power was awesome; its changeable character could not be predicted.

When Chris Wilkinson began working at the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area just over a year ago, he was surprised to discover there was no general history of the building of Yellowtail Dam. "It ...

Since then, Yellowtail, the 15th-tallest dam in the United States, has operated largely as it was originally designed: funneling water through four 12-foot tubes, called penstocks, turning four ...

Releases into the Bighorn River from Yellowtail Dam haven't been this high since 1995. Water is pouring out of Bighorn Lake behind the dam at nearly 13,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), inundating one ...

The House Committee on Natural Resources holds a markup on H.R.726, the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of ...

FORT SMITH — Deep inside the plant at Yellowtail Dam, at the narrow toe of a concrete wall 30-some stories high, Tom Tauscher walks easily amid the steady hum of machinery that produces enough ...

This year’s unusually high spring water releases from Yellowtail Dam were because the bureau was being conservative with its releases based on a reduced mountain snowpack, the main indicator of how ...