Teton River Distribution Project: November and December 2019 Zone 2 ROD

Teton River Distribution Project

The Teton River Distribution Project was created by 9th and 12th Judicial Districts Court for the 2017 irrigation season. Water users throughout the basin petitioned for the appointment of water commissioners in 2016. In its inaugural irrigation season, the project proved to be a success based on comments received from water users throughout the basin. Public meetings will be held in the October and November 2017 to address any and all issues that arise during the 2017 administrative effort.

This website is set up in a blog format. Chief Water Commissioner Peter Fritsch is authorized to post photos and comments on stream conditions, priority date cutoffs, etc. Water users may post questions to the blog that will be answered as quickly as possible. This website is an effort to create transparency and effective decision making on behalf of the Teton River Distribution Project.

Teton River Streamflow Quick Links
Upper Teton River USGS Realtime Gauge
Middle Teton River USGS Realtime Gauge
Lower Teton River USGS Realtime Gauge
Teton River Below Hwy 221 Realtime Gauge - Realtime
Teton River above Springhill Reach – Realtime

Deep Creek at Pishkun Bridge

Teton River at Buck Bridge

These last three gauges are updated manually by Aaron Fiaschetti on a weekly basis depending on his schedule.

Lower Spring Creek
Upper Spring Creek
Teton River below Hwy 287, above Deep Creek

Daily Average Streamflow Website

Monday, December 16, 2019

November and December 2019 Zone 2 ROD - Note about Fish & Game

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.