The Ralston Reservoir
Southwest of Ralston

The Ralston Reservoir was completed in 1907 and provides some operational control of the Garland Canal. It is also used as an emergency spill route during heavy rain storms which occasionally hit the area during the summer.

The reservoir has been set aside to provide wildlife viewing and waterfowl hunting. This designation came about through mitigation measures as part of a previous Rehabilitation and Betterment Program to modernize the irrigation delivery system on the Heart Mountain Division.

Today, Ralston Reservoir is “for the Birds” due to cooperation of the Shoshone-Heart Mountain Irrigation districts, Bureau of Reclamation and Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Today, the primary importance of the reservoir is as a wild life habitat area.