Under Construction

SUMMARY

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wyoming State Office, in coordination with the USDA Forest Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), announces its intent to prepare an EIS for the West Fork Battle Creek Watershed Plan in the proximity of Savery-Little Snake River in Wyoming. The proposed Watershed Plan includes construction of a dam and reservoir on the West Fork of Battle Creek to provide for rural agricultural water management. NRCS is requesting comments to identify significant issues, potential alternatives, information, and analyses relevant to the Proposed Action from all interested individuals, Federal and State Agencies, and Tribes.

ADMINISTRATIVE

• Federal Register: Environmental Impact Statement for the West Fork Battle Creek Watershed Plan, Carbon County, Wyoming
• U.S. Forest Service: Land exchange proposal for suggested West Fork Battle Creek Reservoir
• U.S. Forest Service: West Fork Battle Creek watershed plan
• Wyoming Water Development Office: Little Snake River Supplemental Storage Level II Phase II Study Report
• Wyoming Water Development Office: Project Report Little Snake River Supplemental Storage Level II Phase II Study

NEWS

• October 25, 2022 - Wyoming girds for fight over Green and Little Snake River water. By Angus M. Thuermer, Jr., and Dustin Bleizeffer for WyoFile.
• December 30, 2022 - Feds set deadline for West Fork Dam comments. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., for WyoFile.
• January 9, 2023 - Plans for 264-foot dam above Little Snake River spur conflict. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., for WyoFile.
• March 9, 2023 - 96 % of West Fork Dam comments oppose project. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., for WyoFile.

COMMENT LETTERS

• Living Rivers coalition
• Friends of the Yampa