The New Fork River is the uppermost major tributary of the
Green River in
Wyoming
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, flowing about entirely within
Sublette County
Sublette County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,728. The county seat is Pinedale. It is a sparsely populated rural county in western Wyoming, along the Green River.
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. It drains an arid farming region of southwestern Wyoming south of the
Wind River Range
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.
Course
It rises at Lozier Lake in the Wind River Range, nearly above sea level, in the
Bridger National Forest. Flowing southwest through a steep and narrow glacial canyon, it comes out of the mountains about north of
Cora
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Science
* ''Cora'' (fungus), a genus of lichens
* ''Cora'' (damselfly), a genus of damselflies
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, briefly widening into the New Fork Lakes. From there it swings south then southeast, past Cora and on to
Pinedale, receiving Willow, Pine and Pole Creeks from the left. At
Boulder
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it receives Boulder Creek and turns south again. The
East Fork River joins a few miles south of there. From the confluence, the New Fork meanders generally southwest between low bluffs, and joins the Green River about east of
Big Piney.
Recreation
The New Fork is considered an excellent river for inner-tube floating and canoeing because of its width and strong but not dangerous current. The river and many of its tributaries also have good fishing especially in the upper reaches. However, most of the river course is isolated and aside from the three small towns along its course (Cora, Pinedale and Boulder) there are few significant settlements of any size nearby.
See also
*
List of rivers of Wyoming
The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States.
East of the continental divide
Missouri River watershed
* Gallatin River
* Madison River
** Firehole River
** Gibbon River
* Yellowstone River
** Gardner River
** Lamar River
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References
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Rivers of Wyoming
Rivers of Sublette County, Wyoming
Tributaries of the Green River (Colorado River tributary)