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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Be A Junior Ranger
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Junior Ranger Program

Bighorn Canyon's Junior Ranger Program is a great way for children, as well as their parents, to experience Bighorn Canyon. By completing several different activities, the whole family will learn about the Yellowtail Dam, the history of the area, and the wide variety of wildlife. The Booklets are available at the Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center in Lovell, Wyoming, the Crooked Creek Contact Station, the Afterbay Contact Station and the Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center in Fort Smith, Montana. When the booklets are filled out, the children can return them to any of the above sites to receive their Junior Ranger badge and become an official Bighorn Canyon Junior Ranger.

Aerial view of Yellowtail Dam in Bighorn Canyon NRA  

Did You Know?
The arch-type Yellowtail Dam, named for Robert Yellowtail, rises 525 feet and creates one of the largest capacity reservoirs (1,375,000 acre-feet) on the tributary system of the Missouri River.
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Last Updated: July 28, 2006 at 18:03 EST