The purpose of the increased flows from Buffalo Bill Dam is to help protect the fishery by transporting the sediment released from behind Willwood Dam downstream.
“We ve seen it happen over and over again,” Stewart said. “These elk have been figuring this stuff out for several thousand years. I guess practice makes perfect.”
Elk populations have blossomed south of Red Lodge in the wake of a devastating 2021 wildfire that swept across 30,000 acres between the community and the Wyoming state line.
“We ve seen it happen over and over again,” Stewart said. “These elk have been figuring this stuff out for several thousand years. I guess practice makes perfect.”
After a deadly strain of pneumonia killed off dozens of bighorn sheep in Wyoming’s prized Devils Canyon herd last fall, state wildlife officials say the pathogen has returned to kill more this summer.