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Bureau of Reclamation to Present Proposed Operating Plan for Yellowtail Dam

Media Contact: Paula A. Holwegner, (406) 247-7300, pholwegner@gp.usbr.gov
Mark Andersen, mandersen@gp.usbr.gov

For Release: March 08, 2007

The Annual Spring Bighorn Basin Interagency Coordination Meeting, hosted this year by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2007. The meeting will take place in Room 306 of McDonald Hall located on the MSU Billings campus at 100 Poly Drive, in Billings, Montana and is scheduled to run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The multi-agency meeting is open to the public and will involve representatives of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Wyoming Game and Fish; Bureau of Reclamation; the National Park Service; the Western Area Power Administration; and the Crow Tribe. As part of the agenda, the Bureau of Reclamation will address the 2007 water supply outlook and present the agency's proposed reservoir operations for this spring and summer.

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