Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group
Working together to ensure a resilient and healthy Snake River Headwaters Ecosystem
Our Purpose
The Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group brings a broad coalition of partners together to ensure a resilient and healthy Snake River Headwaters ecosystem with clean and ample water to meet the needs of current and future generations.
Collaboration towards shared goals
The Snake River Headwaters Watershed Groups works together to achieve these 5 goals:
CONNECT - Build relationships, communicate, and coordinate activities to improve transparency, navigate conflicts, and build collaborative capacity
BUILD THE KNOWLEDGE BASE - Exchange knowledge and perspectives to enhance our collective understanding of the watershed
ENGAGE - Communicate what we are learning to support decision making and increase public awareness, engagement, and support for collaborative solutions
SET PRIORITIES - prioritize key issues affecting the watershed’s long term health & resilience, & strategies & resources to address them
ACT - engage in joint actions to address identified priorities & help ensure that there is clean & abundant water in the Snake River Headwaters watershed to sustain the needs of water users & the ecosystem into the future
Meet the Group
At the core of this partnership are our members and the various perspectives they bring. Since its inception in 2023, the Snake River Headwater Watershed Group has attracted over 100 organizations and 250 individual members representing government agencies, nonprofits, private businesses, local ranchers, irrigators, universities and more.
The collaborative watershed network is led by a steering committee of 15 representatives. Committee members, elected by the general membership for two-year terms, guide the direction of SRHWG activities and ensure continuous stakeholder involvement.
Steering Committee
Aaron Pruzan - Rendezvous River Sports
Brent Ewers - University of Wyoming, WyACT
Bayless Sword - Snake River Ranch
Chance Roberts - Bridger-Teton National Forest
Chris Peltz - Teton County Public Works
Clay Moorhead - Northern Rockies River Council of American Rivers, GTNPF Resource Council, Advisory Board TU’s Snake River Headwaters Initiative
Darren Rhea - Wyoming Game & Fish
David Lee - Teton Conservation District
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
American Rivers
Aramark (Mad River)
Aspen Pines Water & Sewer District
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Broken Arrow Ranch
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Committee of Nine - Idaho Water Users
Coombs Outdoors
Dave Hansen
Ducks Unlimited
Fish the Fly Guide Service
Friends of Bridger Teton
Friends of the Teton River
Grand Fishing Adventures
Grand Teton Fly Fishing
Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park Foundation
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee
Hatchet and Feuz Ranches
Henry's Fork Foundation
Hoback Water District
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Idaho State University
Idaho Water Users Association
Jackson Fork Ranch
Jackson Hole Anglers
Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce
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
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
Reel Deal Anglers
Rendezvous River Sports
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 Lodge
South Park Supply Ditch
Spring Gulch Irrigators
Star Valley Conservation District
Sublette County Conservation District
Taylor Ranch
Teton Conservation District
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
The Nature Conservancy
Town of Jackson
Triangle X Ranch
Tributary
Trout Unlimited
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming WyACT
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Department of Agriculture
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Geological Survey
Westbank Anglers
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wind River Reservation
WorldCast Anglers
WYldlife Fund
Wyoming Angling Company
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Wyoming Game & Fish Department
Wyoming State Engineer's Office
Wyoming State Trust Lands
Wyoming Water Development Office
Yellowstone National Park
