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Fish Creek Listed as Nutrient Polluted by Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
A 9.6-mile stretch of Fish Creek has been listed by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ) as polluted by excessive nutrients. The impairment listing makes official that excessive nitrogen...
Become a Snake River Headwaters Steward at Watershed Connections: A Community Gathering for Clean Water
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) and the rest of the Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group (SRHWG) invite community members to Watershed Connections: A Community Conversation, this Wednesday, October 15, from...
POWJH: Nutrient Pollution Officially Harming Water Quality in Fish Creek
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) just announced that Fish Creek, the beloved Snake River tributary renowned for its historically robust cutthroat trout fishery, has been officially listed as...
Free Well Testing Kits Available Next Week
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) is providing free test kits to community members to check the safety of their well drinking water. To participate in the program, any private well owner in Teton...
Teton County Commissioners ‘torn’ on Hog Island Rezone, Send Request Back to Planners
Teton County commissioners couldn’t make a decision Tuesday. At issue was a proposal from Kirk Hogan, the owner and manager of Ridgeline Excavation, to rezone parts of Hog Island, allowing...
Water Quality Advocates Offer Free Well Tests
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole is offering free drinking water testing for anyone in Teton County who owns a private well. To participate in the program, pick up a test...
Health Department Pushes Free PFAS Testing
The Teton County Department of Health encourages operators of local water systems, including those that serve private subdivisions, to test their water for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemicals better known...
Watershed Connections: A Community Conversation with Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group
The Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group (SRHWG) invites the community to Watershed Connections: A Community Conversation with the SRHWG on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Virginian Lodge....
Advocates Files Complaint to Fix Pub Place Water
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) has filed a formal request with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to investigate and remediate water quality in a Teton County business district. The move...
Water Watchdogs Petition Environmental Officials to Investigate Water Contamination Near The Bird
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH)has requested that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) investigate the sources of contamination of a water system south of town that serves The...