Region 8
Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program Success Stories
The following success stories demonstrate the successful implementation of the Section 319 Clean Water Act Nonpoint Source program in Region 8. First, there are examples of successful solutions to a variety of water quality problems caused by nonpoint source pollution. Next, there are examples of success stories that have come with the maturation of state nonpoint source programs, replete with many examples of the documented water quality improvements, improved fisheries, reduced loadings, and increased public awareness that are a result of the many projects that have received section 319 funding. Finally, these stories demonstrate better-defined water quality improvements, as well as growing partnerships and funding sources, as state 319 programs expand and states learn increasingly more from past 319 demonstration projects. Collectively, they represent only a fraction of the section 319 project successes within Region 8.
Defining success Many of the projects directly address the Clean Water Act's goal of achieving water quality standards by restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters. The stories primarily demonstrate water quality improvements, a return to water quality standards, or other objective evidence of improvement in the water or in the habitat associated with the water. Many of the stories also document specific pollutant reductions or other measurable improvements attributed to the 319 project, such as increased shade for temperature-impaired waters and improved streamside habitat. The stories highlight the range of best management practices, training programs, and other activities implemented to achieve these successes, as well as the funding sources and other partners that contributed to the successful project.
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Colorado
The Badger Creek Watershed Project - Improving Fisheries on the Arkansas River
Boulder Creek Furnishes Laboratory for NPS Treatment
Mining Remediation in the Chalk Creek Watershed - Project Demonstrates Exciting Possibilities
Rio Blanco Restoration - Adopted Rocks and Homemade Jelly Help Fund Demonstration Project
Montana
Careless Creek Watershed Project - Sediment Delivery Reduced by 25 Percent
Conducting an Experiment in Forestry Education
Reclaiming East Spring Creek - Greater Trout Populations
Reducing Nutrients in Agricultural Runoff - The Godfrey Creek Project in Gallatin County
Restoration in Muddy Creek - Will a Name Change Be Needed?
North Dakota
The Bowman/Hayley Watershed Project - Conservation Planning Succeeds in North Dakota
Conservation Practices Work for Bowman-Haley Reservoir
Continued Monitoring of Water Quality Benefits
Cottonwood Creek Watershed - Project Is a Success in the Works
Protecting the Knife River - Improved Land Management Around Goodman Creek
Red River Basin Riparian Project - Turtle River Site Passes the Test
South Dakota
Bad River Watershed Project - Watershed Management Model Works in South Dakota
Big Stone Lake Restoration Project - Better Water Quality Improves Fisheries, Recreation
Management-Intensive Grazing Project - Rotational Grazing Reduces Erosion, Increases Profits
Protecting the Big Sioux Aquifer
Riparian Improvement in East River South Dakota - Information and Education are Keys to Success
Utah
Little Bear River Project - Voluntary Approaches Yield Success
Miles of Fences, Hundreds of Cows - Farmers on the Little Bear River Protect Water Quality
Rangeland Restoration - New Management Practices in the Otter Creek Watershed
Streambank Modification Successful in Utah
Success in the Chalk Creek Watershed - Reduced Phosphorous, Enhanced Habitat
Wyoming
Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds Snow Storage Site - Filtration System Reduces Urban Storm Water Runoff
Muddy Creek Coordinated Resource Management Project - Cattle Ranches and Trout Streams Can Coexist
Rehabilitation in Squaw and Baldwin Creeks - A Local Effort
Restoring Riparian Areas Improves Trout Fishery - Squaw and Baldwin Creeks Watershed