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Another scenic site on the eastern side of the Wind River Range. Streamflow in the South Fork Little Wind River above Washakie Reservoir is currently running about average for the 37 years of record.

Another scenic site on the eastern side of the Wind River Range. Streamflow in the South Fork Little Wind River above Washakie Reservoir is currently running about average for the 37 years of record.

USGS Scientist collecting data at USGS 13013650 at Moose, Wyoming on the Snake River Bridge 

Pumpjack at sunset

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So happy to have open water for a streamflow measurement! Tailwaters from Fontenelle Dam may be chilly, but all other area sites visited this week required drilling many holes in the ice to access the rivers. Green River blw Fontenelle Dam.

Drilling through ice on the Green River.

Snow piles on the road made measuring river stage a a bit challenging. Visiting the Snake River at Flagg Ranch streamgage to measure streamflow and stage.

Snake River near Moran, streamgage 13011000, during a winter visit. Streamgage located downstream of Jackson Lake Dam.

Blackfeet Hydrologic Assessment webpage map

Spread Creek streamflow measurement

Flume measurement on Littlefield Creek

Littlefield Creek flume measurement

Heading out to collect soil samples for our sediment fingerprinting project

Soil sample collection for sediment fingerprinting on Littlefield Creek

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graphic showing volume of acre foot on football field

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We welcomed an old streamgage back to our network: Wind River above Boysen Reservoir, near Shoshoni. The site, which is cooperatively funded in part by USGS and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, currently has stream stage online.

Shields River above Smith Creek near Wilsall, MT (06192980)

Using a portable flume to measure streamflow, Dugout Creek MT