Fresno Dam spilling during May 2012. Fresno Dam, located on the Milk River 14 miles west of Havre, MT, is a compacted earthfill dam with a structural height of 110 feet and a crest length of 2,070 feet. An overflow-type spillway at the north end of the dam provides for a flow of 51,360 cubic feet per second through the concrete-lined channel.

http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Fresno+Dam

Photo by U.S. Bureau ofReclamation

Reassembly of Kortes Powerplant Unit 3 after turbine runner replacement. The Kortes Powerplant, is in central Wyoming in a narrow gorge of the North Platte River 2 miles below Seminoe Dam in the Kendrick Project, and about 60 miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming. It was the first unit initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Missouri River Basin Project. The 36,000-kilowatt powerplant generates an average of over 160 million kilowatt-hours annually.

http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Powerplant.jsp?fac_Name=Kortes+Powerplant

Photo by Billy Bright, WYAO, U.S. Bureau ofReclamation

In 1972, Congress established the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area “to provide for public use and enjoyment and to preserve the area’s scientific, historic, and scenic features.” The uniquely beautiful area encompassed within the NRA stretches for hundreds of miles from Lees Ferry in Arizona to southern Utah. The scenic landscape created by the clear deep blue water of Lake Powell set against the red and orange sandstone cliffs draws over three million visitors to this area each year from all over the world.

The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers over 1.2 million acres of unparalleled opportunities for water-based & backcountry recreation. Lake Powell has become a major destination for many activities, such as fishing, camping, backcountry hiking, water sports, and boating, particularly houseboating. A good variety of fish can be found in Lake Powell including bass, bluegill, walleye, black crappie, northern pike, and catfish while the clear cool water in the 15-mile stretch of the Colorado River below the dam to Lees Ferry supports a blue-ribbon trout fishery.

Photo: Arlene Walachy, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

The Bob Trout Power Plant was dedicated on May 31 by Interior Assistant Secretary Anne Castle. This is a Lease of Power Privilege project where Reclamation leases its right to develop power at a facility to an entity. In this case, it was leased to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

Black Canyon Diversion Dam, on the Payette River near Emmett, Idaho, is a concrete gravity type dam with an ogee overflow spillway. The dam has a structural height of 183 feet and serves to divert water to the Payette Division through Black Canyon Canal. http://on.doi.gov/JliCBK

Link River Dam on Link River at the head of Klamath River and just west of Klamath Falls, Oregon, regulates flow from Upper Klamath Lake Reservoir. Once water leaves the dam it meanders some 263 miles through southwest Oregon and Northern California before flowing into the Pacific Ocean.  The reservoir behind the dam is Oregon’s largest with a capacity of approximately 873,000 acre feet and is the principle supply of water for agricultural producers on the Klamath Project. http://on.doi.gov/K2lQvm

Sunset at Lake Mead - Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, spanning the Arizona-Nevada state line, are located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada.  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

Photo by Andrew Pernick, Bureau of Reclamation

MSCP Restoration site, Hart Mine Marsh was initially created by historic overbank flood flows from the Colorado River. With changes in the river system, including water operations and management, the dynamic processes that once maintained this marsh have been all but removed. Until recently, the marsh had no outlet, resulting in poor water quality and highly saline areas mostly dominated by invasive salt-cedar tree. The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entered into a long-term agreement under the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program to reconstruct the area. http://www.lcrmscp.gov/conservation/hart_mine_marsh.html

Photo by Alexander Stephens, Bureau of Reclamation

Lake Mead - Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, spanning the Arizona-Nevada state line, are located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a concrete thick-arch structure, 726.4 feet high and 1,244 feet long.  The dam contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete; total concrete in the dam and appurtenant works is 4.4 million cubic yards.  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

Photo by Andrew Pernick, Bureau of Reclamation