Yellowtail Dam - Wikipedia
Yellowtail Dam is a dam across the Bighorn River in south central Montana in the United States. The mid-1960s era concrete arch dam serves to regulate the flow of the Bighorn for irrigation …
Yellowtail Dam - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (U.S.
Yellowtail was firmly against the damming of the river and flooding of the Bighorn Canyon. The Crow people held these lands to be sacred. The dam and river project acquired 12,000 acres …
Yellowtail Dam - Bureau of Reclamation
Yellowtail Dam at the mouth of Bighorn Canyon impounds the river for multi-purpose use. Bighorn Lake is about 72 miles long at maximum water surface elevation, 66 miles long at the top of …
Yellowtail Dam, Montana | All You Need To Know
Yellowtail Dam is a concrete arch dam located about 2 miles from Fort Smith, Big Horn, Montana. The dam, which is on the Bighorn River, was primarily built for purposes, but also serves for …
Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center - U.S. National Park Service
Oct 19, 2024 · Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center . NPS Photo. The Yellowtail Dam Vistor Center is closed for the winter. See you in the spring! Phone. 406-666-9961. Location. Fort Smith, …
History: The Yellowtail Dam - Big Sky Journal
More than 50 years ago, southeastern Montana’s landscape changed forever when a 525-foot-high dam was erected on Crow Tribal land to control flooding, generate power, and provide …
Yellowtail Dam is located on the Bighorn River at the mouth of Bighorn Canyon about 43 air miles from Billings, Montana. When full, the reservoir extends 71 miles south into Wyoming. The …
Yellowtail Dam and Bighorn Lake Operations - Bureau of …
Aerial photo of Yellowtail Dam and National Park Service Visitor Center.
Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center - Southeast Montana
This dam, named after the famous Crow chairman Robert Yellowtail, harnesses the waters of the Bighorn River and turns this variable stream into a magnificent lake.
FISHMT :: Waterbody Details - Montana
The 525-foot-high Yellowtail Dam impounds the Bighorn River at Fort Smith, Montana. Yellowtail Dam was completed in 1965 and changed a good warmwater fishery into a high quality …
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