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Great Plains Region 2015 Photo Contest Gallery

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2015 Winners

First Place Winner. Of course that is Green Mountain Power Plant at the end of the Rainbow! Photo by Charles Young.

Second Place Winner. Taken sitting on the edge of the dam, looking 175 feet down at the river below, during a rope access inspection of the structure. April 9, 2015. Photo by Adam Northrup.

Third Place Winner. Baby owls at Glendo. Photo by Ray Farrar.

Photo Submissions

Historical Wagon on the Oregon Trail travelling across Casper Alcova Irrigation District Lands. Photo by Brad Cannon.

Photo taken at the top of Yellowtail Dam looking southwest at the reservoir. March 25, 2015. Photo by Rachael Brower.

Somewhere over the rainbows. Taken from Prospect Mountain with the Town of Estes Park and Lake Estes in the background. The 3 Estes Power Plant Penstocks are in the foreground and Estes Power Plant can be seen behind the top rainbow at the far left (West) end of the lake. Photo by Steve Green.

Garrison Diversion technician removing corrosion on the 2 tube slope at Snake Creek Pumping Plant. Photo by Martin Malachowski.

A foggy sunrise as two young bucks are feeding north of Snake Creek Pumping Plant. Photo by Martin Malachowski.

Evening boat ride and a beautiful sunset near Snake Creek Pumping Plant on Lake Sakakawea. Photo by Martin Malachowski.

Snake Creek Pumping Plant, North Dakota after completion of brick wall modification. Photo by James E. Thornburg.

Calm day on the North Platte River. Photo by Brad Cannon.

When it rains it pours or in this case, spills. Record rains produced record inflows and releases at Angostura Reservoir in early June 2015. Photo by R.J. Wright.

View of the McGee Creek Reservoir at Potapo Landing. In the foreground is a universally accessible courtesy dock constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. Photo by Jesse Rice.

A view of summer wildflowers at the Otter Creek Campground, located at Great Plains State Park at the Mountain Park Project. Photo by Jesse Rice.

View of a historic picnic shelter with the Altus dam in the background. Photo by Jesse Rice.

The pictured tarantula is a resident of King Mountain, part of the W.C. Austin Project in Oklahoma. This species reaches 4-5 inches in size and lives as long as 36 years. Photo by Ashley Dixson.

A view of Lake Altus-Lugert from King Mountain on June 16, 2015. The reservoir is at approximate elevation 1559.89 ft (0.89 ft into the flood pool) in this photo. Southwestern Oklahoma received record rainfall in May and June of 2015, ending a significant drought. Photo by Ashley Dixson.

An aerial view of Altus Dam releasing approximately 1,400 cfs on June 16, 2015. Photo by Ashley Dixson.

An early morning rainbow over the Canyon Ferry Field Office. Photo by Taryn Preston.

Montana Conservation Corps members repair a fence to stop unauthorized OHV use at Confederate Campground. Photo by Taryn Preston.

Canyon Ferry Dam in the winter. Photo by Taryn Preston.

Taken between Huntley Project and Pompeys Pillar on October 11th (Opening morning of Pheasant Season in Montana) with my cell phone. Photo by Ed Tucker.

Water bladders attached to 70 ton gantry crane for load testing. Reclamation staff included are Travis Hauck, Jeff Lord, Bryce Blackley, Shawn Lewis and David Martin. Photo by Ed Hedlund.

Blue Skies of Wyoming, Alcova Reservoir, East side, Ridge cut. Photo by Harold Morrow.

Flows in Yellowtail Dam Spillway. Photo by Patrick Erger.

Yellowtail Dam. Photo by Patrick Erger.

Bryce Blackley inspects the Yellowtail Dam Spillway looking at the spillway and Steve Davies observing the outflow of the spillway. Photo by Patrick Erger.

Seminoe Dam Upstream face. Photo by Harold Morrow.

Seminoe Dam Downstream Face & spillway in operation. Photo by Harold Morrow.

Marys Lake Power Plant spilling water on Tuesday August 25, 2015 at 1045. Photo by Rachael Brower.

Shadehill Dam, Reservoir and Morning Glory in July. Photo by Stacy A. Froelich.

Sunrise Coyote at Belle Fourche Reservoir. Photo by Jeff Nettleton.

New high reservoir level at Pactola Reservoir floods old marina building. Photo by Jeff Nettleton.

Yellowtail Dam. Photo by Josh Watson.

Sage Grouse flushing over Alcova Reservoir. Photo by Bily Bright.

Sage Grouse flushing over Alcova Reservoir. Photo by Bily Bright.

Spotted fawn. Photo by Bily Bright.

Subcontractor Tom's Crane Services lifting the saw-cut roof slab from the Elevator house, Canyon Ferry Dam Replacement and Modernization of Elevator contract work, Montana. Photo by Gary J. Valasek.

Sunrise over Pueblo Dam. Photo by Roy Vaughan.

Cold Morning at the South Shore Marina. Photo by Roy Vaughan.

Sunrise over Pueblo Dam. Photo by Roy Vaughan.

Cold Morning below Pueblo Dam. Photo by Roy Vaughan.

Shed found in the Missouri River Breaks, opening day of Elk archery season 2015. Photo by Ed Tucker.

Tulips and early morning dew basking in the spring sunrise in Fort Smith at Yellowtail Dam. Photo by Michael Ebert.

Mountain Boomer at Lake Altus. Photo by Meyer Jay.

Tiber Field Office downstream of the Tiber Dam. Photo by Micahel Hilliard.

I can see light at the end of the tunnel. Photo by Michael Hilliard.

Veliger Sampling at Tiber Reservoir. Photo by Michael Hilliard.

Wesley Harrison from MMRD cleans sediment off of the Tiber Marina boat ramp in preparation for Walleye's Unlimited Camp Walleye. Photo by Michael Hilliard.

Keeping the river flowing. Photo by Michael Hilliard.

Winter in Sanford Park. Photo by Michael Hilliard.

Trip to Yellowtail Dam. Photo by Meyer Jay.

Visit to Bighorn Lake. Photo by Meyer Jay.

Swim Beach, Lake Minatare. Photo by Harold Morrow.

The Cambrian age Quartz Mountain granite, Altus Dam, Oklahoma. Photo by Cody Clark.

Trenching across the active Quaternary Red Rock Fault as part of a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Clark Canyon Dam, Montana. Photo by Cody Clark.

Climb team assists geologists with river crossing in Big-Thompson Canyon, Colorado. The diversion structure was damaged during the flooding of 2013. Photo by Cody Clark.

Great Plains Regional Drill Crew drilling lift lines from the crest of Yellowtail Dam, Montana. Photo by Cody Clark.

Cretaceous age Cloverly Formation, Pathfinder Reservoir, Wyoming. Photo by Cody Clark.

Performing preventative maintenance on antennas. Photo by Jim Vukad.

Taken in February while taking the instrumentation readings at Jamestown Dam. I was driving on the gravel access road when I spotted two deer fawns one lying down and the other standing. I was able to drive up 50 feet from them, unroll the vehicle window and take this photo. Photo by Ken Lake.

Goose Eggs -- This is an abandoned Canadian goose nest. Photo by Ken Lake.

Deer grazing on the front lawn of the ECAO, September 21, 2015. Photo by Natalie Nichols.

This day there were probably 15 turkeys spread out in smaller groups, calling to one another all over the grounds of the Flatiron Power Plant. This photo shows 6 out of the much larger rafter of turkeys as they scattered every time an employee had to walk past them in the course of their business. Photo by Natalie Nichols.

Stream entering into Mormon Diversion Structure on the West Slope Collection System of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado. Photo by David Hartman.

Gate Valve at South Cunningham Diversion Dam on the West Slope Collection System of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado. Photo by David Hartman.

Gate Valve at South Cunningham Diversion Dam on the West Slope Collection System of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado. Photo by David Hartman.

Chapman Diversion Site on the West Slope Collection System of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado. Photo by David Hartman.

Stream entering into the Sawyer Diversion Site on the West Slope Collection System of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado. Photo by David Hartman.

Ivanhoe Lake, just below the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project West Slope Collection System Communication Site on the Continental Divide at Hagerman Pass. Photo by David Hartman.

Just passing through Flatiron. Photo by Mike Mangum.

Hanging out at the Office (ECAO). Photo by Mike Mangum.

Rainbow over Buffalo Bill Reservoir, right above the dam. (Heading East from Yellowstone Park back to Cody). Photo by Tracie Long.

Steve Darlinton and Gary Bone during 2015 Bridge Inspection Program. Photo by Gary Grassel.

Installing Stop Logs on Buffalo Bill Dam Spillway Gate 2. Photo by Mark Skoric.

Pueblo Dam releasing 6500 CFS during June 2015 runoff. Photo by Adam Northrup.

Taken from the top of the Prospect Mountain Communications Tower, looking west into Rocky Mountain National Park. June 18, 2015. Photo by Adam Northrup.

Dave Marsh and Steve Green install a new antenna mount to the tower for the Olympus Dam Early Warning System. Photo by Adam Northrup.

Last Updated: 12/27/16