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  Environmental Water Use: Water Appropriations for Fish and Wildlife  
 

Numerous water right permits have been issued by the Wyoming State EngineerÆs Office (SEO) for the benefit of fish and wildlife. These permits are held not only by State and Federal agencies but also by private citizens for the purpose of maintaining fisheries and wildlife habitat. A complete listing of waters appropriated for environmental benefit use is too extensive to compile in this basin plan. A list of Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGF) and other State of Wyoming permits for fish and wildlife uses in Horse Creek subbasin is shown in the following table. To view a map showing the locations of permits throughout WyomingÆs Platte River Basin click here.

Summary - Water Appropriations for Fish and Wildlife, Horse Creek subbasin

Name
Permit No.
Appropriation
Source
Appropriator(s)
Location (S, T, R)
Beneficial use(s)
Table Mountain No. 1 Reservoir 6676R 144.96 acre-feet Dry Creek, Horse Creek Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Bureau of Land Management 24-22-61 fish, wildlife
Table Mountain No. 2 Reservoir 6677R 44.86 acre-feet Dry Creek, Horse Creek Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Bureau of Land Management 24-22-61 fish, wildlife
Table Mountain No. 3 Reservoir 6790R 32.00 acre-feet Dry Creek, Horse Creek State Game and Fish Commission 25-22-61 wildlife
Table Mountain No. 4 Reservoir 6918R 11.92 acre-feet Sec. 19-Seep Creek, in drainage of Horse Creek State Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 19-22-60 waterfowl, nesting, hunting
Table Mountain No. 5 Reservoir 7321R 63.72 acre-feet Seep Creek, Horse Creek Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 13-22-61 fish
Table Mountain No. 6 Reservoir 7534R 76.37 acre-feet Dry Creek, Horse Creek State Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 24-22-61 fish, recreation, wildlife
Table Mountain No. 7 Reservoir 7535R 15.30 acre-feet Dry Creek, Horse Creek State Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 18-22-60 wildlife
Table Mountain No. 8 Reservoir 7536R 28.80 acre-feet Dry Creek, Horse Creek State Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 18-22-60 fish, recreation, wildlife
Hirsig No. 3 Reservoir 7671R 141.8 acre-feet -- State Board of Land Commissioners, Hirsig Ranch Inc. 31-19-68 flood control, recreation, fish


 
 
 
 


The Platte River Basin Plan is a planning tool developed for the Wyoming Water Development Office. It presents estimated current and estimated future uses of water in WyomingÆs Platte River Basin. The Plan is not used to determine compliance with or administration of state law, federal law, court decrees, interstate compacts, or interstate agreements.
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