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Septic tanks aren’t keeping feces out of rivers, lakes

August 3, 2015 — The notion that septic tanks prevent fecal bacteria from seeping into rivers and lakes simply doesn’t hold water, says a 2015 study. A team of water...

APPROVED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING COST SHARE PROPOSAL

Revised proposal that lays out the funding request details in partnership with Teton Conservation District that was submitted to the Teton County Commissioners and approved on June 30, 2020.

Great Gravel

New research shows how underground floodplains maintain healthy river “immune systems”.

Invisible Rivers Beneath our Feet

Dr. Ric Hauer’s presentation of “Invisible Rivers Beneath our Feet” about gravel-bed ecosystems with a special introduction by Dr. Harvey Locke.

Gravel-bed river floodplains are the ecological nexus of glaciated mountain landscapes

In the glaciated regions of the Rocky Mountains, essentially from the Yellowstone area in northwestern Wyoming, United States, to Yukon, Canada, gravel-bed rivers are disproportionately important to regional biodiversity and...

An Ecosystem’s Lifeblood, Flowing Through Gravel

“A river doesn’t just flow down the channel,” said F. Richard Hauer, a professor of stream ecology at the University of Montana and the lead author of the paper. “It...

A New Way of Understanding What Makes a River Healthy

A recent outbreak of a deadly fish parasite on the Yellowstone River may have seemed unremarkable. But a new wave of research shows the episode was likely linked to the...

Comments on Proposed Revisions to Teton County Small Wastewater Facility Regulations

April 23, 2020 Comments submitted on behalf of Protect Our Water Jackson Hole, Wyoming Outdoor Council, and the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance on the proposed revisions to Teton County’s small...

Original Proposal for Philanthropic Support for Comprehensive Wastewater Master Planning in Teton County, Wyoming

February 11, 2020 As our population and the number of visitors to our valley have grown the patchwork of wastewater treatment plants, independent sewer districts and septic systems has become...

Residential Landscape Care

Many of the streams and creeks that flow into the Snake River in Jackson Hole have demonstrated elevated levels of algae that are well above what would be considered healthy...