The Upper Snake River, its tributaries and the aquifers they feed are critical arteries of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, provide drinking water, unparalleled recreation and irrigate over a million acres of valuable farmlands.

- Aaron Pruzan

The Geographic Scope

The Snake River Headwaters is an iconic landscape that comprises most of the HUC6 watershed spanning a four county region in northwest Wyoming (Teton, Sublette, Fremont, and Lincoln counties) and includes the following major tributaries: Lewis River, Pacific Creek, the Buffalo Fork, Spread Creek, the Gros Ventre River, Flat Creek, Fish Creek, Fall Creek, Hoback River, and Greys River. Timely issues including water management impacts from Jackson Lake Dam; effects of prolonged drought on water quantity; impacts of development; degraded water quality; aquatic, riparian and wetland habitat degradation and loss; the impacts of levees and bank hardening; lowered water tables; and adaptation of strategies in the face of a changing climate, have highlighted the need for more coordination, planning, and research to address current and future challenges to watershed health. A groundswell of stakeholder and community interest in addressing multiple aspects of watershed health have spurred the creation of the Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group.

Meet the Group

Steering Committee

Aaron Pruzan - Rendezvous River Sports

Brent Ewers - University of Wyoming, WyACT

Chance Roberts - Bridger-Teton National Forest

Chris Peltz - Teton County Public Works

Clay Moorhead - American Rivers National Board, GTNPF Resource Council, Advisory Board TU’s Snake River Headwaters Initiative

Darren Rhea - Wyoming Game & Fish

David Lee - Teton Conservation District

Derek Helms - Snake River Ranch

Jeff VanOrden - Committee of Nine

Leslie Steen - Trout Unlimited

Mike Dawes - Westbank Anglers

Orion Hatch - Snake River Fund

Scott Bosse - American Rivers

Simeon Caskey - Grand Teton National Park

Tanya Anderson - Town of Jackson

Members

This is a full list of all member organizations in alphabetical order. Let us know if you need to be added!

3 Creek Ranch Golf

Alder Environmental

American Rivers

Aramark (Mad River)

Aspen Pines Water & Sewer District

Avocet Consulting

Bridger-Teton National Forest

Broken Arrow Ranch

Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Reclamation

Chamber of Commerce

Committee of Nine - Idaho Water Users

Coombs Outdoors

Dave Hansen Whitewater

Ducks Unlimited Inc.

Energy Conservation Works

Fish the Fly Guide Service

Friends of the Bridger-Teton

Friends of the Teton River

Grand Fishing Adventures

Grand Teton Fly Fishing

Grand Teton Lodge Company

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park Foundation

Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee

Hatchet and Feuz Ranches

Henry's Fork Foundation

HFF South Fork Initiative

Hoback Water District

Idaho Department of Water Resources

Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Idaho State University

Idaho Water Users Association

Jackson Fork Ranch

Jackson Hole Anglers

Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce

Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

Jackson Hole Fly Fishing School

Jackson Hole Land Trust

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

Jackson Hole News and Guide

Jackson Hole One Fly

Jackson Hole Trout Unlimited Chapter

Jackson Hole Whitewater

Jackson Hole Wildlife Safaris

JD High Country Outfitters

LegacyWorks Group

Lewis and Clark River Expeditions

Little Jennie Ranch

Lockhart Cattle Company

Lower Valley Energy

Magic Valley Agricultural District

Montana State University

National Elk Refuge

National Park Service

Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative

One 22 Resource Center

Orvis Jackson Hole

Parks and Recreation

PAWS

Protect Our Water Jackson Hole

Rendezvous River Sports

Reel Deal Anglers

Ricketts Conservation Foundation 

Rivers for Change

Shooting Star Golf Course

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Snake River Angler

Snake River Fund

Snake River Ranch

Snake River Sporting Club

Solitude Float Trips, Inc.

South Fork Initiative

South Fork Lodge

South Park Supply Ditch

Spring Gulch Irrigators

Star Valley Conservation District

Sublette County Conservation District

Taylor Ranch

Teton Conservation District

Teton County Parks and Recreation

Teton County Public Works

Teton County Weed and Pest

Teton County Wyoming

Teton Scenic Floats

Teton Science Schools

Teton Troutfitters

Teton Village Water and Sewer District

Teton Wilderness Tours

The Nature Conservancy

The Wilderness Society

Town of Jackson

Triangle X Ranch

Tributary

Trout Unlimited

University of Wyoming

US Army Corps of Engineers

US Department of Agriculture

US Fish and Wildlife Service

US Geological Survey

Westbank Anglers

Western River Anglers

Wildlife Conservation Society

Wind River Reservation

WorldCast Anglers

WYldlife Fund

Wyoming Angling Company

Wyoming Game & Fish Department

Wyoming Outdoor Council

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Business Alliance

Wyoming State Engineer's Office

Wyoming State Trust Lands

Wyoming Water Development Office

Y2 Consultants

Yellowstone National Park