Two weeks ago the Bureau of Rec decided it needed to cut flows in the Bighorn River to 1500 cfs, a knee jerk reaction I suspect to water skiers not being able to access the Horseshoe Bend launch on Bighorn Lake for the holiday weekend.
Today the Bureau woke up to the fact that they are still sitting on a 135% snow pack that is getting ready to roll out of the mountains, probably within the next month. So now we have another knee jerk reaction, the river is now cranking at 4500 cps. One can only hope this years fry found someplace to hide the last two weeks while the water politics ran its course. Somewhere along the way there will be enough water for everybody at least for awhile.
