Bureau of Reclamation

Bureau of Reclamation officials say Buffalo Bill Reservoir may not fill to the brim this spring but it should have enough water to meet irrigation needs in northern Wyoming this spring and summer.

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The annual drawdown of Alcova Reservoir will begin Monday October 1st, 2012.During the month of October, the reservoir water surface elevation will be lowered about 10 feet at a rate of approximately 4 inches per day

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A reminder to outdoor recreationists of the North Platte River flush and flow that starts Monday.

The Bureau of Reclamation in partnership with the Wyoming Game Fish carry out the process in the spring bringing water levels from 500 cubic feet per second up to 4000 cfs and back to 500 over 24 hour period for four days in a row next week

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A recent appraisal of Bureau of Reclamation trailer park property at Alcova has lessees less than happy about a possible $450.00 dollar a year increase.

The yearly lease price has steadily risen from $840 in 2003 to a proposed $2450 in 2012

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The Bureau of Reclamation brings to an end this month one of its busiest years on record as record high water levels moved downstream on the North Platte river.

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After a month of running near flood stage, the North Platte River through Casper has actually gone down a few inches.

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The cooler spring may have helped save Wyoming from a disastrous flooding season, but along with those cooler temperatures came extra precipitation, with much of it still in the mountain snow-pack.

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On June 23rd, 1983 the North Platte River at Casper reached a level of 7.66 ft, the second highest level since recording began in the late 1920's.

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North Platte River levels will go up again this week as the Bureau of Reclamation works to get a jump on water runoff.  Starting  Monday night  and continuing to Wednesday, Bureau Supervisor, John Lawson, says they'll make incremental increases from 4500 to 5000 cubic feet per second.

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You know the river's high and fast and according to officials at the Natural Resources Conservation Service its only the beginning. The N-R-C-S issued high water runoff notifications Monday for much of the state.

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