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Archive Home > 2005 > May > 15 > Feds look at bolstering Bowman Dam

Feds look at bolstering Bowman Dam

By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
May 15, 2005

The Bureau of Reclamation has started looking at ways to bolster the Bowman Dam at the Prineville Reservoir to make it more flood-proof in the event of a major catastrophic flood.

The 245-foot earthen dam, authorized by Congress in 1956 for irrigation and flood control and built in 1961, creates....

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