The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative is a long-term science-based effort to assess and enhance aquatic and terrestrial habitats at a landscape scale in southwest Wyoming, while facilitating responsible development through local collaboration and partnerships. The WLCI is an interagency working group of partners that is beginning the process of establishing a much larger coalition of government and non-government organizations.
The Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center one of the Science Centers supporting the WLCI effort, by providing data collection and analyses of water resources data. These data are collected in cooperation with local, State, and other Federal agencies in the WLCI study area to gain understanding of the hydrologic systems, as well as provide data for water management purposes.
Currently, there are three main areas of study:
- Long-term monitoring of streamflow, groundwater, and water quality and determination of water-quality trends
- Determining streamflow drivers of small streams in the Wyoming Range
- Understanding hydrogeomorphic processes, including sediment transport, of Littlefield Creek
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More infromation about all of the integrated studies in southwestern Wyoming can be found on the main WLCI webpage.
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI)
Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI)
Below are data associated with this project.
Streamflow and water-quality data from all surface-water sites currently sampled in the WLCI area
Streamflow and water-quality data from all surface-water sites in data collection network in the WLCI area
Below are publications associated with the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Water Resources projects.
Discharge and dissolved-solids characteristics of Blacks Fork above Smiths Fork, Wyoming, April 2018 through September 2019
A machine learning approach to modeling streamflow with sparse data in ungaged watersheds on the Wyoming Range, Wyoming, 2012–17
Streamflow gains and losses in New Fork and Green Rivers, upstream from Fontenelle Reservoir, Wyoming, October 2015
Hydrogeology, groundwater levels, and generalized potentiometric-surface map of the Green River Basin lower Tertiary aquifer system, 2010–14, in the northern Green River structural basin
U.S. Geological Survey water-resource monitoring activities in support of the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative
Groundwater well inventory and assessment in the area of the proposed Normally Pressured Lance natural gas development project, Green River Basin, Wyoming, 2012
Below are partners associated with this project.
- Overview
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative is a long-term science-based effort to assess and enhance aquatic and terrestrial habitats at a landscape scale in southwest Wyoming, while facilitating responsible development through local collaboration and partnerships. The WLCI is an interagency working group of partners that is beginning the process of establishing a much larger coalition of government and non-government organizations.
The Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center one of the Science Centers supporting the WLCI effort, by providing data collection and analyses of water resources data. These data are collected in cooperation with local, State, and other Federal agencies in the WLCI study area to gain understanding of the hydrologic systems, as well as provide data for water management purposes.
Currently, there are three main areas of study:
- Long-term monitoring of streamflow, groundwater, and water quality and determination of water-quality trends
- Determining streamflow drivers of small streams in the Wyoming Range
- Understanding hydrogeomorphic processes, including sediment transport, of Littlefield Creek
Click here to learn more about WLCI.
- Science
More infromation about all of the integrated studies in southwestern Wyoming can be found on the main WLCI webpage.
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI)
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) addresses effects of land-use and climate changes on Southwest Wyoming’s natural resources. In partnership with twelve Federal, State, and local natural resource agencies, and non-governmental organizations– FORT and ten other USGS centers are conducting dozens of integrated science projects to assess the status of Southwest Wyoming’s natural...Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI)
The WLCI is a long-term science based effort to enhance aquatic and terrestrial habitats at a landscape scale in Southwest Wyoming, while facilitating responsible development. - Data
Below are data associated with this project.
Streamflow and water-quality data from all surface-water sites currently sampled in the WLCI area
Streamflow and water-quality data from all surface-water sites in data collection network in the WLCI area
- Publications
Below are publications associated with the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative: Water Resources projects.
Discharge and dissolved-solids characteristics of Blacks Fork above Smiths Fork, Wyoming, April 2018 through September 2019
The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum was formed in 1973 to coordinate salinity control efforts among the States in the Colorado River Basin, including Wyoming. The Colorado River Salinity Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–320) authorized “the construction, operation, and maintenance of certain works in the Colorado River Basin to control the salinity of water delivered to users in theAuthorsCheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Jerrod D. Wheeler, Ruth M. Law, Shaun W. MoranA machine learning approach to modeling streamflow with sparse data in ungaged watersheds on the Wyoming Range, Wyoming, 2012–17
Scant availability of streamflow data can impede the utility of streamflow as a variable in ecological models of aquatic and terrestrial species, especially when studying small streams in watersheds that lack streamgages. Streamflow data at fine resolution and broad extent were needed by collaborators for ecological research on small streams in several ungaged watersheds of southwestern Wyoming, wAuthorsRyan R. McShane, Cheryl A. Eddy-MillerStreamflow gains and losses in New Fork and Green Rivers, upstream from Fontenelle Reservoir, Wyoming, October 2015
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative is a program created to implement a long-term, science-based program of assessing natural resources while facilitating responsible energy and other development and does studies in much of southwestern Wyoming, including all or parts of Lincoln, Sublette, Fremont, Sweetwater, and Carbon Counties. A synoptic study was completed by the U.S. Geological SurAuthorsCheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Seth L. Davidson, Jerrod D. Wheeler, Sarah J. Davis, J. Brooks Stephens, James CampbellHydrogeology, groundwater levels, and generalized potentiometric-surface map of the Green River Basin lower Tertiary aquifer system, 2010–14, in the northern Green River structural basin
In cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, groundwater levels in wells located in the northern Green River Basin in Wyoming, an area of ongoing energy development, were measured by the U.S. Geological Survey from 2010 to 2014. The wells were completed in the uppermost aquifers of the Green River Basin lower Tertiary aquifer system, which is a complex regional aquifer system that provides wAuthorsTimothy T. Bartos, Laura L. Hallberg, Cheryl A. Eddy-MillerU.S. Geological Survey water-resource monitoring activities in support of the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative
The quality of the Nation’s water resources are vital to the health and well-being of both our communities and the natural landscapes we value. The U.S. Geological Survey investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of surface water and groundwater and provides this information to engineers, scientists, managers, educators, and the general public. This information alsAuthorsSuzanna Soileau, Kirk MillerGroundwater well inventory and assessment in the area of the proposed Normally Pressured Lance natural gas development project, Green River Basin, Wyoming, 2012
During May through September 2012, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, inventoried and assessed existing water wells in southwestern Wyoming for inclusion in a possible groundwater-monitor network. Records were located for 3,282 wells in the upper Green River Basin, which includes the U.S. Geological Survey study area and the proposed Normally Pressured LAuthorsMichael J. Sweat - Partners
Below are partners associated with this project.