Algae turns water pea green in summer; fish are struggling
An explosion of algae growth fed by an excess of nitrogen turns Brooks Lake’s waters green late in the summers. The two primary game fish that swim its waters are either unusually skinny and getting skinnier or barely reproducing and on a track toward disappearing.
Water is life. In Teton County, all residents rely on the water draining through the Snake River Headwaters watershed to meet our cultural, commercial, and personal needs. Groundwater from the...
“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...
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) has been dedicated to protecting and restoring Teton County’s surface and groundwater for a decade. We rely on three guiding principles to achieve our goal:...
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