Sublette County Conservation District distributed 8040 seedling trees to Sublette citizens during the 2007 seedling tree program.  Many of these seedlings result in additional living snow fence and windbreak plantings. These plantings provide phenomenal aesthetic values, snow and wind control benefits, and wildlife habitat.  Click the post-it at the right to view our seedling trees available and elevations map for Sublette County.

For more information on tree species, visit the Colorado State Forestry website at:

http://csfs.colostate.edu/library/pdfs/nursery/csfsbuyg.pdf

Also, we have a lot of information from our Autumn 2007 Windbreak Workshop, to download the .pdf documents of the slide shows click below:

SCCD Presentation: site preparation, avoiding seedling death, fencing, weed barrier, fencing and planning for the future with many photos.

NRCS Presentation: Windbreak design with detailed examples, how design affects snow and wind, impacts structures, and with excellent graphs of density and spacing effects.

For further questions or technical assistance please call 307-367-2257 ext. 100 or e-mail: sccd@wy.nacdnet.net

Pictured at Top: Seedling tree pick up and sorting.
Above: Bare-root seedling trees come in bundles of 50, un-potted trees wrapped in cellophane and wet sawdust.  

Wyoming Department of Transportation - Living Snow fence Program:

The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts (WACD) has formed a partnership with Wyoming State Forestry to design and install living snow fences along public roadways in Wyoming.  These windbreaks will serve to reduce blowing and drifting snow, increase public safety and enhance the aesthetic value and the environment.

Read updates on our Living Snow Fence planted along Highway 191 to the north-west of Pinedale on our newsletter page.

Also available for download: Sage and Snow Garden Club's "Garden Flora of the Pinedale Area."

Begun by the SCCD in 2000 with the New Fork River, the overall objective is to establish baseline conditions of the aquatic resources in Sublette County. Long range monitoring sites have been established on the New Fork River and are in the fifth year of use. Monitoring began on the Green river in 2001 and the Hoback River in 2002. A "Sampling Analysis Plan" (SAP) approved by the WY Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is in affect for water quality monitoring efforts within the SCCD. Physical, chemical and biological parameters are being considered.

11/21/06 Water Quality Public Meeting Slide Show

Non-Technical Report: New Fork River Basin (2000-2004)

                             SCCD Surface Water Monitoring Site Map

The Sublette County Conservation District shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in the data is dynamic and changes over time. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistently within the limits of the data.

The Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA) is located south of Pinedale and north of the Jonah Field. The SCCD is working in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and gas operators in the PAPA on a ground water monitoring program. Since August 2004, the SCCD has been collecting water samples from water wells within one mile of an existing or proposed gas well within the PAPA. The SCCD samples for the following parameters: ph, temperature, conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), water level, metals, alkalinity, chloride, fluoride, and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH).

Data from 2006 Surface and Ground Water  sampling season in the Pinedale Anticline Project Area available on the Pinedale BLM website:
http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/Pinedale/pawg/DataResults.html

Sublette County is one of the few remaining counties in Wyoming, and the nation, which does not have a National Cooperative Soil Survey completed on private and state lands. The soil survey would produce a resource inventory of soils information useable for a number of different applications. The soil survey is slated for six years and began in 2004. Currently, NRCS soil scientists are in the field conducting the soil survey.

The Sublette County Soil Survey Progress through October 2007 Map is now available. To download the one-page pdf, click on the map or this link: Sublette County Soil Survey 2007 Progress Map.

To see the Soil Survey presentation for our autumn 2007 windbreak workshop, download the .pdf document below:

Soil Survey slide show: explains information collected, how it is collected, what kind of information is collected and the final product of the survey.