News & Press
What is Nutrient Pollution?
Nutrient pollution is quickly becoming Teton County, Wyoming's most widespread, costly, and challenging environmental problem, and is caused by excess nitrogen and phosphorus in water. When too much nitrogen and phosphorus enter the environment - usually from a wide range of human activities - water can become polluted.
Comments on Brooks Lake Property, LLC Permit No. WY0028045
November 21, 2022 Comments submitted on behalf of Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) in response to the WDEQ public notice inviting comments on the Brooks Lake LLC pollution discharge...
Wastewater Treatment Plant Moves Forward In West Yellowstone
A $38 million project has been approved to move forward in West Yellowstone. The town is working on constructing a new 1.5 million gallon per day mechanical wastewater treatment plant....
What is a Gravel Bed River System?
Most of the water in the Snake River is not in the river — it’s in the gravel. A gravel-bed river doesn’t just flow down the channel. It flows over and through the entire flood plain system, from valley wall to valley wall water is moving underground to make up the entire valley bottom. Gravel-bed river floodplains like the Snake River ecosystem are among the most ecologically important habitats on the continent.
More than a River: What the Snake River means to our community
2022 Annual Report
2SaveTheBlue’s upcycled gems support local water initiatives
Two local students and young entrepreneurs, Sita Yeomans and Teya Paciulli, create earrings out of cork and magazines and donate 50% of their profits to nonprofits that are dedicated to...
Teton officials say state lawsuit risks public safety but still seek cooperation
New legal complaint contends county rules don’t apply to state trust lands across Wyoming. The county planning and building office found Basecamp to be in violation of seven regulations, including...
Wyoming Sues Teton County Over Land-Use Argument
The Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners on Dec. 21 filed a lawsuit against the Teton County Commission, asking the Laramie County District Court to block the county from enforcing land-use...
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,...