Catalog Record
Data and Reports from S&T Project 19306 and Related Studies of the Wind River/Bighorn Basin
Yellowtail Dam closed in 1966, changing the hydrologic, sediment, and temperature regimes for the Bighorn River in southeast Montana, allowing a cold-water trout fishery to thrive over the following decades. Reclamation conducted a series of studies to investigate the loss of habitat, geomorphic diversity, and river hydraulics in 35 kilometer reach of the Bighorn River immediately downstream from Yellowtail Dam, located near Fort Smith, Montana. The most recent project, S&T project 19306, conducted more recent geomorphic mapping from 2011 and 2017 to compare with earlier mapping and related studies. We observed large losses in geomorphic diversity between 1939 and 1980.
Generation Effort
S&T Project 19306 and Related Studies of the Wind River/Bighorn Basin
Location
Wind/Bighorn River Basin
Themes
Environmental
Reclamation Project
Shoshone Project, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
Reclamation Program
Science and Technology Program
Location Information
Location Name
Wind/Bighorn River Basin
Location Description
River basin of the Wind River and Bighorn River in Montana and Wyoming.
Location Parent
State(s)
Montana, Wyoming
Unified Region(s)
Missouri Basin
Timezone
Elevation
[ N/A ]
Vertical Datum
[ N/A ]
Coordinates (lat, long)
See
Location Details
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
