Wind, Snake, Bear rivers hit record low flows as Wyoming’s summer drought gains steam

Wind, Snake, Bear rivers hit record low flows as Wyoming’s summer drought gains steam

During last winter’s peak, the snowpack blanketing southern Yellowstone National Park — mountains and snowfields that feed the high reaches of the Snake River — was sitting pretty good.  “We were right near average,” said Jeremy Dalling, a civil engineer who leads water operations in the Upper Snake system for the Bureau of Reclamation.  Once April hit, however, so did a prolonged period of dryness now extending into July, with just 60% of norma…