POWJH works to inform and inspire our community to be stewards of the Snake River Headwaters. Every day, we are creating social change by discussing water quality solutions and activating residents and visitors to help improve water quality. We achieve this through educational classroom and field-based watershed science programs, outreach events, public forums, workshops, and collaborative stakeholder groups.
Education & Outreach
Community Solutions, Education & Outreach
EPA Septic Cost Share Program
Date: Closed in 2024, Waitlist Open
Status: Completed
The POWJH Septic System Pumping Cost Share Program offers an incentive to encourage Teton County, WY residents to perform regular maintenance on individual septic systems, prevent groundwater contamination, and protect our Sole Source Aquifer that provides drinking water to nearly the entire population of the region.
Education & Outreach
2021 EPA Environmental Education Grant
Date: 2022 - 2024
Status: Completed
POWJH received a nearly $100,000 EPA Environmental Education 2-year grant in 2022 and a $26,000 matching grant from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. During 2023, POWJH staff used these funds to teach lessons to students about our community’s unique watershed ecology and water quality issues.
Education & Outreach, Events
Rally for Clean Water
Date: 2022 & 2023
Status: Completed
This free event brought the community together to raise awareness, discuss solutions, and inspire action for the water quality issues facing Teton County. It featured more than a dozen fun, interactive, science-based exhibits and activities for the whole family focused on different factors affecting water quality issues in our community.
Education & Outreach, Events
Tap Into Science Event Series
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
FREE presentations by local scientists where you can relax and enjoy a pint of award-winning beer while you learn about engaging watershed science topics around Jackson Hole.
Community Solutions, Education & Outreach, Events
Drinking Water Well Testing
Date: Ongoing
Status: Current
POWJH received two consecutive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Education grants to provide free drinking water well testing resources to our community. Any Teton County, WY private well user can participate.
Education & Outreach
2022 Vote For Water Quality
Date: Oct - Nov 2022
Status: Completed
Leading up to the local 2022 election, Protect Our Water Jackson Hole talked with local candidates about how they planned to prioritize water quality, alongside other community needs, once they are in office, raising awareness for the issue both among candidates and with the public.
Education & Outreach
WildWalls Public Art Outreach
Date: 2020-2023
Status: Completed
Partnership with Jackson Hole Public Art for a series of murals around town paired with Augmented Reality animations.
Education & Outreach
2020 Vote For Water Quality
Date: 2020
Status: Completed
Leading up to the local 2020 election, Protect Our Water Jackson Hole talked with candidates about how they planned to prioritize water quality, alongside other community needs, once they are in office, raising awareness for the issue both among candidates and with the public.