Nov 2019 ROD
Stay tuned for December.
In late October 2019, I contacted MTFWP about becoming a contributing water user to the water commissioner bills paid by the Teton River Distribution Project water users. In consultation with Fish and Game's point person for water distribution across the state, acre foot totals were agreed to for the 2019 calendar year. As a result, Fish and Game will be contributing to this January 2020 annual billing effort.
All Fish and Game rights satisfied in 2019 have junior priority dates of approximately 1985. They are statutory water reservations established by Fish and Game prior to the statutory closure of the Teton River basin. There are Fish and Game reservations in the Upper Teton River, Deep Creek, and Spring Creek.
We will continue working with Fish and Game to more precisely determine the satisfaction of these junior water reservations in real time in 2020. Scott Sessions will be the water commissioner on the ground responsible for tracking all of these Fish and Game reservations. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to give me a call or send me an text/email.
