The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has required instream bypasses as conditions for certain USFS land use authorizations at several locations in the Platte River Basin.áInstream bypasses are measures intended to reduce impacts on the environment resulting from the diversion of water from streams located on USFS lands and are defined on the basis of the terms and conditions for certain land use authorizations (e.g., easements or special use permits) issued by the USFS for USFS land.áThe USFS has regulatory authority for the administration of USFS land use authorizations and associated terms or conditions.áThough streams with USFS instream bypass protection and stream reaches for which minimum instream flow permit applications have been submitted to the SEO often overlap, USFS instream bypasses are not related to permitting and administration of minimum instream flows by the SEO.
Currently the USFS has instream bypass points located on eight streams within WyomingÆs Platte River Basin.áInformation regarding the instream bypasses located in the Above Patherfinder subbasin is presented in the following table, and the locations of the instream bypasses can be seen by clicking here.
Summary - U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Instream Bypasses - Above Pathfinder Subbasin
Stream |
Minimum flow (cubic feet per second) |
Flushing flow (cubic feet per second) |
Bypass point location |
Nugget Gulch Creek |
0.2 |
4.5 |
T14N R79W Sec14 |
Little Beaver Creek |
0.35 |
7.0 |
T14N R79W Sec14 |
Camp Creek |
0.2 |
2.0 |
T14N R79W Sec13 |
Lake Creek |
0.5 |
8.5 |
T14N R78W Sec33 |
Horse Creek |
0.2 |
N/A |
T14N R79W Sec16 |
Douglas Creek |
5.5 |
130.0 |
T14N R79W Sec9 |
Hog Park Creek |
15.0 |
200 (maximum release permitted) |
T12N R84W Sec5 |
Deep Creek, below Sand Lake |
0.8 |
N/A |
T17N R79W Sec9 |
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