and that was completely wiped ououin the f fties. [monda] i think it was fairly soon after r e dam was constructete- thththare written n n unts of theheam gates actuallyy being shut completely off during the time when the trout were up in the river spawninin d there e st wasn't any water. the fishshust lalathere in t t bottom of the mud flopping around,d, they all died. it was pretty tragic really. [john] winnemucca w w the first lake to dry up. if you looooon theheapap winnemucca's off to the side there. anananat happened d s whenenhey installedd the derby dada over the yearsrs it just starard droppipi andndropping,g, and sosoinnemucca lake ended up just dropping down below and drying up.. ininhe 1960s0saided by ththendadaered species act, the tide started to turn in favavav of the pyramid lake tribe. the pyramid lala tribe has become v vy y gressive in tryryg totoororct some of these e e lems. probablylyhe most signgnicant thing thth they didi in the e ely going was to get the courtss to recognize thatatoooouch h ter was s s g to t