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The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately 461 miles (742 km) long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its banks as he explored the Yellowstone.
The Bighorn River below the Afterbay Dam is likewise a world-class trout fishing area. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In addition, the area features many archeological and historical resources. [ 40 ] Visitor centers and other developed facilities are located in Fort Smith, Montana , and near Lovell, Wyoming .
Bighorn Canyon: Montana, Wyoming: NPS October 15, 1966: 120,296 acres (486.8 km 2) 249,659 The Yellowtail Dam, completed in 1967, formed Bighorn Lake on the Bighorn River, which provide opportunities for wildlife viewing, hiking, boating, and trout fishing. Visitors can tour four historic ranches or cycle near the prehistoric Bad Pass Trail.
The White River features the region's best trout fishing, with rainbow trout and monster-size brown trout. Winter fishing below Bull Shoals Dam in Arkansas provides a chance to catch some of the ...
Bear River (Great Salt Lake) Belle Fourche River; Big Goose Creek (near Sheridan); Big Sandy River; Bighorn River; Blacks Fork; Cheyenne River; Chugwater Creek; Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River
Satellite image of the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming, with the bordering ranges labelled Power lines crossing the Bighorn Basin's plains The Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles (160 km) wide, in north-central Wyoming in the United States .
The Little Bighorn River [2] is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [4] tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Montana and Wyoming.The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was fought on its banks on June 25–26, 1876, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency in 1887.
The Shell Creek watershed consists of 370,500 acres (1,499 km 2) of native rangeland (73%), forest (24%), irrigated cropland, pasture and hayland (3%).There are over 10,500 acres (42 km 2) of irrigated lands in the Shell Creek watershed; the greater part (92%) of which is in the lower portion-downstream from the town of Shell.