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  Wyoming State Water Plan - Powder/Tongue River Basin 2002 Water Plan: Executive Summary
The Wyoming constitution establishes water in the state to be the property of the state.
The Yellowstone River Compact of 1950 governs the allocation of the waters in the Powder River and Tongue River between the States of Montana and Wyoming.
Wyoming's use of surface waters from the Powder and Tongue Rivers is subject to limitation by interstate compact.
waterplan.state.wy.us /plan/powder/execsumm.html   (3484 words)

  
 Coal Bed Methane Press Releases | PowderRiverBasin.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Montana and Wyoming may wish to collaborate on a waste load allocation that could be used as a basis for future permit actions in both states.
Wyoming has attempted to address water quality issues by working with the CBM water committee of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming.
As an example of past salinity contributions from Wyoming, calculations cited in a 1984 Wyoming DEQ memo indicated that more than 25 percent of the total salt in the Powder River came from discharges in the Salt Creek Oil Field of Wyoming.
www.powderriverbasin.org /press_releases/11-27_montana_wyoming.htm   (3179 words)

  
 Tongue River (Montana) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana.
At the Battle of the Tongue River, Brigadier General Patrick Edward Connor routed an Indian force along the river on August 29, 1865.
Then on August 4, 1873, the river was again the site of an engagement between the U.S. Cavalry under George Armstrong Custer and the Sioux, prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tongue_River_(Montana)   (173 words)

  
 Tongue River Reservoir State Park - Montana FWP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tongue River Reservoir State Park is located on Tongue River Reservoir.
Tongue River Reservoir State Park is the only FWP managed site on Tongue River Reservoir.
Tongue River Reservoir is a tributary of the Tongue River.
fwp.mt.gov /lands/site_283967.aspx   (225 words)

  
 Wyoming Outdoor Council: News Releases
These water quality standards are crucial to protect existing rivers and streams, as well as farmers and irrigators that need clean water for their crops.
So, now, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) must set its requirements so that Montana's standards are met for the Tongue and Powder Rivers as they flow across the state lines.
Wyoming's cattle ranchers need native grasses for their cattle to graze on, rather than the more salt-tolerant plants that come in and replace the native grasses when coal bed methane water is dumped down our creeks.
www.wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org /news/release_detail.php?id=96   (762 words)

  
 Tongue River Reservoir State Park, a Montana State Park
The impounded Tongue River provides a 12-mile long reservoir set in the scenic red shale and juniper canyons and open prairies of southeastern Montana.
Southeast Montana Recreation Areas - Southeast Montana Recreation Areas...an Eastern Montana perspective Tongue River Reservoir State Park is an isolated location 6 miles north of Decker, Montana, a town that is a couple of miles...
Tongue River Reservoir State Park is located 6 miles north of Decker on Secondary 314, then 1 mile east on county road.
www.stateparks.com /tongue_river_reservoir.html   (269 words)

  
 DME "Railroad projects complicate mining plans" Post-Bulletin Online 2.0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tongue River Railroad is weeks away from securing approval of a minor rerouting to its federally approved 117-mile Tongue River rail line.
The Tongue River Railroad Co. is a subsidiary of P & M Coal, which is a division of Chevron Oil in Denver, and Wesco Resources from Billings, Mont.
The governor said money generated from the Tongue River line will be crucial to the region, which has a 72 percent poverty rate and 28 percent unemployment.
www.postbulletin.com /dme/0210tongue.stm   (939 words)

  
 Big Piney vs Tongue River High School Football- Big Piney Wyoming News
Tongue River was a great team and their 10-0 record going into the game was an indication of the abilities.
Tongue River had the number 1 rusher in 3A and our defense held him to a mere 53 yds in 20 carries.
Tongue River’s other two stat leaders, QB Johnson and wide receiver Scafee, had great days but couldn’t provide enough yds and TDs to take the game away from the Punchers.
www.bigpiney.com /news/2006/11/bigpiney-tongueriver-eskelsen.htm   (530 words)

  
 River monitoring faces uncertain future
The sodium adsorption ratio is the amount of sodium in relation to calcium and magnesium and is an indicator of the suitability of irrigation water for soil and crop health.
The Tongue River, which is used extensively for irrigation, was picked for intensive monitoring because of the high interest from the agricultural community.
Funding for the Tongue River monitoring project was not included in either Bush's 2004 or 2005 budget but was added by Congress in both years, Davis said.
www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2005/02/18/news/wyoming/e6ccd9a5de1b5cc787256fab005ac5aa.txt   (833 words)

  
 Coal Bed Methane Gas Wyoming-PowderRiverBasin.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Wyoming's Powder River Basin is experiencing the largest mineral boom in Wyoming history.
Coalbed methane (CBM) gas development in the Powder River Basin has been characterized by industry as the "hottest natural gas play" in North America, making CBM development the greatest environmental and cultural threat Wyoming has faced in decades.
The Powder River Basin Resource Council has responded by providing landowners with information on how to protect their property through surface access and damage agreements (go to Help for Surface Owners).
www.powderriverbasin.org /cbm/general_background_cbm.shtml   (477 words)

  
 Tongue River Campground, Wyoming
Tongue River Campground in Wyoming is a great place to go.
Tongue River Campground is located in an area with lots of fun things to do and being here is always fun.
Tongue River Campground is right by the Wolf Creek Trail and there are some excellent whitewater spots on Shell Creek.
www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/118987.html   (764 words)

  
 Methane quandary - Advocates hail resource as an economic boon; foes fear impact on water supply
Methane is found throughout the coal seams that snake through the Powder and Tongue river basins of Montana and Wyoming.
But some Montana ranchers who irrigate their hayfields in the Tongue River Valley and adjoining basins are watching with anxiety, wondering how the rush of drilling might affect water quality and supply.
The Tongue basin has high clay content in much of its soil, and many ranchers use Tongue River water to irrigate their hayfields.
www.citizenreviewonline.org /dec_2003/methane.htm   (1974 words)

  
 Coal Bed Methane Gas Wyoming-PowderRiverBasin.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gore’s primary area of expertise is in the evaluation of the impacts of altered flows on resident river biota, utilizing both field data and laboratory simulation to evaluate these impacts.
These simulations of habitat conditions in the Powder River Basin demonstrate significant losses of habitat for a variety of typical riverine biota during periods of high flow as a result of the proposed CBM project.
Platte River suitability criteria … habitat utilization, preference and suitability index criteria for fish and aquatic invertebrates in the lower Platte River.
www.powderriverbasin.org /cbm/expert_gore.shtml   (4045 words)

  
 Indian Wars, Rosebud -- Wyoming Tales and Trails
On March 5 the troop ran into a blizzard in which it was so cold that thermometers did not register and the men while eating had to heat their forks in the coals of their fires to prevent the tines from freezing to their tongues.
Wyoming Territory--The Sioux War -- The Indians Attempting to Surprise General Crook's Camp at Tongue River, June 9th, sketch by Charles St. G.
The races were ended when a bullet fired from across the river hit Capt. Andrew Burt's horse in the leg.
www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /rosebud.html   (1329 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Tongue Allotment Management Planning on the Tongue Ranger District, Bighorn National Forest, ...
The allotments are located within the Tongue watershed on the Tongue and Medicine Wheel/Paintrock districts on the Bighorn National Forest.
Approximately thirty miles of the Tongue River are in the Forest Plan as a wild and scenic management area.
The Upper North Tongue River is a fourteen-mile long stretch of stream that is a very popular fishery in the northern part of the forest.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/June/Day-13/i14853.htm   (1350 words)

  
 Fishing News
Burbot were first documented on Wyoming's western slope in the Big Sandy River in 2001, and appeared to quickly spread to the Green River and Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department stocked the reservoir with Colorado River cutthroat, kokanee salmon and tiger trout, which were obtained from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, in June 2005.
Reflective of Wyoming's last record that was broken, when a trout angler caught the state's biggest carp to date, Nixon was actually fishing for carp at the Lovell Lakes when he caught the.82-pound nearly 10-inch panfish May 30.
www.wyomingoutdoorsradio.com /fishing_news.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Water-Quality Assessment of the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana and Wyoming—Water Quality of Fixed Sites, ...
Bighorn River at Kane, Wyoming (B) The headwaters for the Bighorn River are the streams in the mountains rimming the southern, eastern, and western margins of the basin.
Tongue River at Dayton, Wyoming (T) The Tongue River flows east-northeast from the northeast flank of the Bighorn Mountains in northern Wyoming and through the plains of southeastern Montana to its confluence with the Yellowstone River at Miles City, Montana.
However, because both the States of Montana and Wyoming were using fecal coliform in their water-quality criteria at the time of this study (Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, 2001b, Montana Department of Environmental Quality, 2002a), it was important to monitor for both of the fecal-indicator bacteria.
pubs.usgs.gov /sir/2004/5113   (16230 words)

  
 Tongue River Reservoir | Montana Places to Fish
Preview: In the heart of the northern plains coal country is one of southeast Montana’s finest recreational jewels, the Tongue River Reservoir, a state record-winning fishery.
Tongue River Reservoir, a prairie fishery widely used by boaters, swimmers, picnickers, and anglers, is a long narrow channel, approximately 5 miles by 0.8 mile.
The reservoir was created on the Tongue River when the State of Montana built an irrigation storage dam.
www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=FGR029-048   (193 words)

  
 Wyoming Water Development Commission - Professional Services No. 408
The State of Wyoming, Water Development Commission, is seeking professional services to perform water resources studies in accordance with W.S. The projects for which the services are sought are listed by study level.
The WWDC desires to secure facilitation services for work with the Basin Advisory Group to be formed for the North Platte River Basin Study, and the existing interim Basin Advisory groups for the Bear River, Green River, Powder/Tongue River, Northeast Wyoming, Wind/Big Horn River and Snake/Salt River Basins.
Prospective consultants and subconsultants who have not submitted a Statement of Qualification to the Wyoming Water Development Commission or the Department of Administration and Information, Purchasing Division since May 1, 2002, must complete and submit three (3) copies of a Statement of Qualification consisting of a letter of transmittal and a completed standard form 254.
wwdc.state.wy.us /profserv_408.html   (1981 words)

  
 Tongue River Elementary
Tongue River Elementary School is located in Ranchester, Wyoming, which has a population of 614.
The school was built in 1978, with an addition added in 1979.
At Tongue River Elementary our present enrollment is 164 in grades K-5.
tre.sheridank12.net   (194 words)

  
 Decker
Decker is along the Tongue River near the Wyoming line.
The Tongue River Reservoir State Park offers scenic boating, camping, and great fishing for bass, crappie, walleye, and northern pike.
Tongue River Reservoir is 12 miles long and is set in the scenic red shale and juniper canyons and open prairies of southeastern Montana.
missouririver.visitmt.com /categories/City.asp?City=Decker&SiteID=1   (188 words)

  
 Wyoming Outdoor Council: Wyoming Outdoor Council: News Release:
LANDER, WY -- The Wyoming Outdoor Council (WOC) has called on the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw its proposal to issue a general permit that threatens the Powder River Basin with unregulated pollution and the filling of wetlands.
"WOC is concerned that the Army Corps of Engineers will allow the damming of many waters such as the smaller tributaries of the Cheyenne River, the Powder River, the Tongue River and other streams and ponds in the basin, for the sole purpose of disposing of groundwater produced during coal bed methane extraction.
While Wyoming's wetlands cover only 2% of the state, they are critically important for the health of fish, waterfowl and big game species, in addition to the continued health of the outdoor industry, which brings in millions to the state annually.
www.wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org /news/releases/docs/2004-04-20.php   (611 words)

  
 SI.com - SI 50th - Wyoming
Wyoming lost in the first round of the 1988 NCAA tournament
Wyoming's population may be tiny (at less than 500,000, it's the smallest of any state), but its citizens have a super-sized taste for sporting adventure.
The oldest interstate rivalry west of the Mississippi River, the "The Border War" has been held every year but six since the schools began playing.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /magazine/features/si50/states/wyoming   (760 words)

  
 North Tongue River Campground, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
North Tongue River Campground is located in an area with lots of fun things to do and it is a great escape from the city.
North Tongue River Campground is right by the Dry Fork Trail and Shell Creek has a great whitewater paddling spot nearby.
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Sheridan, Wyoming, the metro area neareast to North Tongue River Campground.
www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/118960.html   (882 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Northern Wyoming's drought expected to persist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Forecasters expect northern Wyoming to remain in a drought this year, as warm weather melts the snowpack early and storms seem to pass either above or below the state.
Snowpacks are above average in the Wind River, Upper North Platte, Little Snake, Lower Green River and Upper Bear River basins.
The Belle Fourche Basin snowpack is at just 48% of its average level over the past 30 years; the Shoshone Basin is at 60%, the Big Horn Basin at 70% and the Powder/Tongue Basin at 81%.
usatoday.com /weather/climate/2005-02-22-Wyoming-drought_x.htm?csp=34   (432 words)

  
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Craig Yancey, Bighorn National Forest Tongue River district ranger, said the Sheridan-area forest anticipated the moratorium by postponing three potential timber sales in the northern half of the forest.
She referred to the 1984 Wyoming Wilderness Act, which Jachowski said set aside designated wilderness study areas and released the remainder of Wyoming's forest land for multiple use.
Gary Erickson, president of the Wyoming Timber Industry Association, said the ban is bad for the environment and bad for people.
www.billingsgazette.com /wyoming/990213_wyo003.html   (629 words)

  
 billingsgazette.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Tongue River, which is used extensively for irrigation, was selected for intensive monitoring because of high interest by the agricultural community.
Water quality standards for specific conductance and SAR have been set for the Tongue River by Montana and Wyoming.
The new USGS network is operated in cooperation with other agencies, including the Montana and Wyoming departments of environmental quality, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the Wyoming State Engineer, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and the Bureau of Land Management.
www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/20/build/state/30-tongue-river.inc   (474 words)

  
 W. J. Stover
This is on Tongue River eight miles north of Sheridan and here he has lived much of the time since spending the rest at his home in Sheridan with his wife who is living there.
He built the largest irrigating dam in the county across Tongue River and constructed a ditch from it through to Rocky Creek which has the largest dike in the county doing the work principally with his own hands.
He has now practically retired from active labor of all kinds and is spending the evening of an adventurous and useful life in quiet ease and leisure.
www.angelfire.com /ne/PhyllisGenealogy/wjstover.html   (715 words)

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