DEVELOPMENT ON FISH CREEK

POWJH actively engaged to halt a large development planning to subdivide 65 acres and add 5 septic systems on Fish Creek.

Besides being a prized coldwater fishery, all waters within the Fish Creek drainage and adjacent wetlands have been designated as Class 1 surface waters by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The Class 1 designation affords the highest level of protection under the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act and the federal Clean Water Act, which refers to such waters as “Outstanding National Resource Waters.”

Concerned about the water quality impacts in this sensitive watershed, we provided public comment addressing development plans that conflict with the Teton County, WY Comprehensive Plan, and Land Development Regulations, and pose negative impacts to the Fish Creek watershed – already designated an impaired waterway due to E. coli fecal contamination. The Teton County Board of Commissioners voted to halt this development.