Concerns about fisheries, safety and effects on the river prompted the Yellowstone Conservation District board Wednesday to deny PPL Montana s request to install a temporary diversion dam across the ...

PPL Montana says it wants to proceed with a proposal for a temporary diversion dam on the Yellowstone River at Billings, despite denial of a permit by the Yellowstone Conservation District. PPL ...

Worried that continued low flows will leave its Billings power plant without water critical to its operations, PPL Montana is proposing to install a temporary diversion dam in the Yellowstone River.