District 3

Lincoln, Uinta, and Sweetwater Counties

Coal Creek Rehabilitation

September 2016. Habitat treatments including mechanical construction of stream channel, willow planting, fencing and other means to stabilize a highly important perennial stream in Lincoln County.


Total Project Cost: $905,700WWNRT Funded $260,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish Commission

Bitter Creek Drop Structure

September 2016. Structural enhancements on Bitter Creek east of Rock Springs to protect against extensive erosion and head-cutting and subsequent catastrophic flooding and silt deposition downstream.


Total Project Cost: $630,000WWNRT Funded: $120,000Sponsor: Sweetwater County Conservation District

Deer Elk Ecology

September 2016. Research and vegetation inventory on native rangelands through mule deer and elk collaring and recapture to evaluate animal condition, diets, survival rates and competition between species in an area of critical importance for large ungulates in Wyoming.


Total Project Cost: $1,699,200WWNRT Funded: $145,000Sponsor: University of Wyoming

Hams Fork Fish Passage

March 2016. Replacement of a bridge to remove barriers to fish movement during low flow periods.


Total Project Cost: $20,400WWNRT Funded: $10,000Sponsor: Lincoln County

Booth Ditch Diversion

March 2016. Replacement of diversion structure to allow fish passage in a river system of high importance to native fishes.


Total Project Cost: $545,720WWNRT Funded: $190,000Sponsor: Trout Unlimited





Little Mountain Fence

March 2016. Restoration of native riparian area by restricting access by livestock and wildlife.


Total Project Cost: $311,084WWNRT Funded: $53,000Sponsor: Trout Unlimited

Beaver Creek Uinta

March 2016. Replacement of diversion structure to allow fish passage in a river system of high importance to native fishes.


Total Project Cost: $18,120WWNRT Funded: $6,000Sponsor: Trout Unlimited

Blue Bell Diversion

March 2016. Replacement of diversion structure to allow fish passage in a river system of high importance to native fishes.


Total Project Cost: $96,440WWNRT Funded: $35,000Sponsor: Trout Unlimited

Beaver Creek Cottonwood

March 2016. Restoration of native riparian area by planting cottonwood trees and other native shrubs.


Total Project Cost: $59,920WWNRT Funded: $20,000Sponsor: Trout Unlimited