North Platte River Flooding

The 9th running of the Casper Marathon is next Sunday.

Since Pathfinder Dam was completed in 1909, the water has only been high enough to spillover the dam seven times. This year makes it eight.

Melting headwaters are a dynamic moving target that Bureau of Reclamation Supervisor, John Lawson, hopes to control over the next six weeks. An emergency flood management meeting Monday was packed as Lawson shared projections on flow scenarios; the worst being more precipitation falling on the record snow-pack that has yet to melt.