8+ hour, 16+ min ago  (1920+ words) When the Mount St. Helens volcano blew up on May 18, 1980, a longtime Powell resident was a young forester at the site. "I glanced up at the mountain, and I saw the top of it shaking. And then I watched the…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (738+ words) There's widespread consensus that the glory days of trout fishing at Soda Lake near Pinedale are over, but there's disagreement over'why. Avid anglers in the area blame a Game and Fish wetlands project while the department says drought is to…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (1139+ words) Scientists say the 19-mile-wide bulge in the northern rim of a volcano's caldera in Yellowstone has stopped growing. The head of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory says scientists are excited about it but it's not an indication of an apocalyptic eruption....

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (835+ words) Flaming Gorge Reservoir is being drawn down up to 1 million acre-feet to supply water to thirsty downstream states. That has some worried that Wyoming's Fontenelle Reservoir, upstream from Flaming Gorge, is next. As thirsty downstream states along the Colorado River…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (902+ words) A Texas man will spend time in jail after causing "significant" damage to several thermal features in Yellowstone. Although most thermal trespass charges there result in fines, this sentence reflects the "extensive nature of the violation and damage." A Texas…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (869+ words) A Teton County commissioner is concerned water from the Upper Hoback River Basin could be a potential target for diversion to make up for a severe Colorado River shortfall. The commission also approved a letter Monday asking the feds for…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (965+ words) Flaming Gorge is preparing to be drained by up to a third to make up for the "horrible" Colorado River levels. Wyoming and other Upper Basin states could be left dry in response to desperate downriver water shortages. This could…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1760+ words) Elwood Mead was known as Wyoming's "godfather of measuring water." As head of the Bureau of Reclamation, he oversaw the building of Hoover Dam that created Lake Mead, which was named after him. Engineers say today's Colorado River crisis could…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1173+ words) Echinus Geyser, the world's largest acidic geyser, suddenly burst back to life in Yellowstone last month after being dormant for five years. Once called a "star performer,"it' since erupted 60 times in 18 days, sending acidic water 80 feet into the air....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (871+ words) Fishing on Wyoming's prime rivers never really ended during an unusually warm winter, and spring fishing has begun a month early. The yearly "flush" of the North Platte River increases the river's flow from 500 cfs to 4, 000 cfs to simulate spring…...