Wyoming Framework Water Plan - Living Rivers Home Page

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Issues identified in the Snake/Salt River Basin
Issues
Current Status
Water Quality - Flat Creek Watershed Enhancement Project
- Fish Creek Groundwater Study
- Monitoring program - Teton Co. Conservation District
- DEQ Subdivision reviews
- NPS long term water quality monitoring program (start in Spring of 2007)
- Teton Co. and/or Teton Co. Conservation Dist. Watershed plan (???)
- BTNF water quality projects
Environmental Concerns - Alpine Wetlands Project
- Snake River Resource Management Plan - BLM
- Jackson Lake Dam operations
- Upper Snake River Restoration Project
- Instream flows - channel maintenance and other environmental issues
Recreation - Snake River Fund
- Wild and Scenic Campaign
- Jackson Lake Dam operations
- Water as a visual resource
- Fishing and other water recreation (uses and impacts)
- White water rafting
Agriculture - Canal Modernization/North Canal Project (Stephen Smith, Aqua Engineering, Inc.)
- Incentives for more efficient irrigation systems (conservation)
- Traditional uses of agricultural land moving to untraditional uses
Other Uses/Consumptive - Jackson Lake Hydroelectric Project (Dr. Vince Lamarra, Ecosystems Research, Inc.) - still an ongoing issue??
- Alpine Master Plan
Water Law/Compacts
Growth - Growth in Teton County, Idaho
- Growth impacts in basin (increase in need for water and wastewater systems)
- Economic Development in the Basin (is there water available?)