Teton Creek is the largest of the headwater tributaries to our famous trout fishing river, the Teton. It’s a third of a mile from the house and when it’s flowing in the spring the roar becomes a part of our daily life. After the mountains drain their snowfall for the summer it exposes it’s underbelly of rocks and trees.
A few years back an unscrupulous developer took some heavy equipment into the creek and diverted it for his own purpose. Several lawsuits later, and some close calls with flooding, the county has moved back in to repair the damage. (details | video) We’ve been hearing the construction sounds all summer and today went over to check it out.
From our position on the creek it appears that the channel has been re-shaped and stabilized along with the addition of some bio-engineered native vegetation. Moving on down we encountered a riffle pool with a diversion off to the right.
Seems to me that the developer should pay for the repairs. Hope he was fined big bucks. Looks like he made a profit and the taxpayers are paying for it.
He was fined, but no where near the amount taxpayers shelled out. I hate crooks…
I miss the sounds of that creek when Tori and I were there. The sound of water moving is so cool. I miss the little creek right behind your house. When Dillan and I were there we went back and watched that creek. It was nice to sit on your deck and listen to it.