In 1990, the U.S. Congress authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to conduct the Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Environmental Restoration Feasibility Study (Feasibility Study) through the General Investigations Program. The purpose of the study was to investigate the feasibility of restoring fish and wildlife habitat that was lost as a result of construction, operation, and maintenance of the Jackson Hole Flood Control Project levees completed in 1964. The study area is located in and along the Snake River near Jackson, Wyoming, in Teton County See plates 1 and 2 in the Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Environmental Restoration Feasibility Report (Feasibility Report) for vicinity and project location maps. The primary local sponsor is Teton County, Wyoming. The study area borders the National Elk Refuge and is in close proximity to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.

The Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Environmental Restoration Feasibility Report Final July 2000 concludes a 4-year, cost sharing feasibility study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, in partnership with Teton County, Wyoming, and Teton Conservation District, Wyoming. The report recommends an environmental restoration project on a 22-mile reach of the upper Snake River from Grand Teton National Park to South Park Elk Feedgrounds. The goal of the recommended project is to restore diverse and sustainable aquatic, wetland, riverside, and terrestrial habitats within the study area. Minor changes have been made to the Draft Apri1 2000 version of the Feasibility Report The final version of the report is also available for public review at the Teton County Library and the Teton Conservation District. If you would like additional copies of the final version of the report (free of charge until no longer available), please contact, Mr. Stan Heller, Project Manager, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 201 North Third Avenue, Walla Walla, Washington 99362 (or send e-mail to: Stanley.G.Hellernww0l .usace.army.mil or telephone at 509-527-7258). An abbreviated version of the report is also available at website: http://www. nwwusace.army.mil/reports/jackson.