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Contents 1 Entire River 2 Longest Undammed River 3 More Info? 4 Down with salmocentrism

[edit] Entire River

The map pictured doesn't show the ENTIRE Yellowstone River; I think that should be noted.

[edit] Longest Undammed River

I'm pretty sure that the Yellowstone River is the longest undammed river in the lower 48, but the Salmon River (Idaho) claims this as well. It seems like 1/2 the Google results show the Salmon, and half show the Yellowstone. Nationalparks 05:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Now the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area claims the Delaware River as the longest undammed. Nationalparks 19:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

There is a fairly large dam on the Yellowstone River located near Glendive, Montana that probably diqualifies the Yellowstone from the "Longest Undammed River" competition. The "Yellowstone Diversion Dam" blocks all upstream fish migration and diverts a substantial amount of the river for irrigation. Idaho usually claims the Salmon River as the "longest undammed river" and the "longest river entirely within one state," I don't think the Delaware is even in the top 20. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.55.220.32 (talk • contribs)

[edit] More Info?

In most of these river articles I am easily able to find info about the river's head/source and it's mouth. I was unable to find that information in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.230.45.199 (talk) 16:22, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Down with salmocentrism

Beleive it or not, the high value fisheries of the Yellowstone River extend well below Big Timber. The Yellowstone transitions to a warm water fishery with high biological integrity. See White, R. G., and R. G. Bramblett. 1993. The Yellowstone River: its fish and fisheries. Pages 396-414 in L. W. Hesse, C. B. Stalnaker, N. G. Benson, and J. R. Zuboy, editors. Restoration planning for the rivers of the Mississippi River ecosystem. Biological Report 19, National Biological Survey, Washington, D.C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lara Avara (talk • contribs) 21:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't think Salmocentrism is in play here. Just a lack of references on the warmwater sections of the river. Feel free to expand the article.--Mike Cline (talk) 22:26, 13 May 2008 (UTC)