Category: Fish Creek
Wyoming Regulators: Teton Glamping Hotel Cures Septic Violation, but Pollution Still a Mystery
Operators of the Tammah tent hotel on state land in Teton County have resolved a septic system violation, Wyoming water quality regulators said Friday, but the source of groundwater pollution...
Teton Glamping Resort Cited for Water Pollution as State Defends Permit
As Wyoming officials defend their approval of an upscale tent hotel on state land near Teton Village, the state’s own regulators allege the glamping resort is polluting groundwater. Tammah —...
DEQ says Tammah Isn’t Responsible for Ammonia Pollution
In late October, the DEQ had issued the glamping resort located on state trust land near Teton Village a “Notice of Violation” because its septic system appeared to be leaking,...
Tammah JH’s Glamping Septic Whizzes Past State Standards
For well over a year, Teton County residents and water-quality watchdogs fought state officials and environmental regulators, arguing that a septic system for a glamping resort near Teton Village would...
Teton County approves Water Quality Management Plan
On Tuesday, June 4, the Teton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) unanimously voted to approve the Teton County Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP), a 20-year vision for the management...
Fish Creek’s cutthroat trout are disappearing. Is nutrient pollution to blame?
“Booms and busts are pretty normal,” said Miller, a fisheries biologist with Game and Fish. “We’ve seen big rises and falls on rivers like the Snake. But on smaller streams...
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort eyes altering Fish Creek tributary
State and federal regulators are considering permitting work at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort intended to improve skiing — under a permit typically used to enhance or restore streams. Water quality...
After lawsuit, water quality regulators reconsider glamping permit
A lawsuit filed by Teton County water quality advocates apparently spurred state water regulators to admit that they had incorrectly issued a septic permit to the company developing a controversial,...
POWJH is turning the tide on septic pollution in Fish Creek
Waterways, especially Fish Creek, have been degraded by pollution from septic systems. A proposed commercial septic system for a “glamping” facility on a state land parcel along Teton Village Road,...
Wyo Dept. of Environmental Quality approves glamping wastewater permit
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced Friday that it has issued Basecamp Teton WYSPV LLC a permit to construct a small wastewater facility at its “glamping” resort south...