Mammoth remains found near Buffalo Bill Reservoir

POWELL (WNE) – Federal law enforcement agents and officials have secured a site at the Buffalo Bill Reservoir to protect skeletal remains attributed to an ancient a mammoth, declared by one University of Wyoming scientist as “a very important discovery.”

The site west of Cody is on Bureau of Reclamation land, and the Bureau of Land Management is assisting with security.

“We don’t have a huge amoun...