Bureau of Reclamation

The Bureau of Reclamation on Wednesday announced that it will begin filling the reservoir on April 1.

The bureau's commissioner, Brenda Burman, plans to discuss the status of the plans Friday with reporters.

Taxpayers and those who use the Alcova, Pathfinder and Gray Reef reservoirs deserve better from Natrona County's Road and Bridge Department, which allegedly defrauded the federal government, an attorney for the former superintendent of Alcova said Thursday...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says ice fishermen need to be on the lookout for potentially dangerous conditions as the Bureau of Reclamation lowers water levels at Alcova Reservoir.
Game and Fish officials say water levels will be roughly five feet below the normal winter operating range at th…

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.

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. The reservoir's normal winter operationg range is between 5,487 and 5,489 fee…

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 pe…

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...

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.