Category: Resources
Request to deny upzone proposals in Northern South Park pending comprehensive wastewater management planning
August 21, 2020 Comments submitted on behalf of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Wyoming Outdoor Council, and Protect Our Water Jackson Hole requesting a county-wide wastewater management plan to precede...
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...