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<br />The Upper Muddy Creek drainage currently has a Section 319 watershed improvement <br />project in place to address threats from physical degradation of the stream channels and riparian <br />areas. Muddy Creek below Littlefield Creek and McKinney Creek below Eagle Creek are listed on <br />o Table C of the 303(d) List. However, this project has resulted in considerable improvement to <br />l'\~ <br />-.J stream stability, aquatic habitat and riparian areas. As a result of this project, Muddy Creek and <br />.~ Littlefield Creek above their confluence, and McKinney Creek above Eagle Creek are now meeting <br />their aquatic life uses. Because of the improved water quality, Colorado River Cutthroat Trout have <br />been re-introduced into their former habitat in Littlefield Creek. <br /> <br />Another project was implemented on Muddy Creek, west of Highway 789, to address <br />physical degradation of the stream channel, which threatens its aquatic life support. This reach of <br />Muddy Creek is on Table C of the 303(d) List. <br /> <br />Other Activities <br /> <br />The Wyoming Nonpoint Source Management Plan was initially approved by EP A in <br />September 1989. The Plan calls for a cooperative, voluntary approach in the implementation of <br />BMP's targeted at water quality improvements. As with the Statewide Water Quality Management <br />Plan, implementation hinges upon acceptance of responsibilities by designated management agencies <br />and upon the availability of funding under Section 319. The State began a revision of the Nonpoint <br />Source Management Plan in 1998 to conform to new EPA guidelines. The revised plan was <br />completed and adopted in 2001. <br /> <br />Wyoming has experienced a boom in coal bed methane development over the past three <br />years. Most of the activity is centered in the northeast quarter of the state in the Powder, Belle <br />Fourche, Cheyenne, and Tongue River Basins, however, there remains a potential for similar <br />development in the Green and Little Snake drainages. New salt loading to the Colorado River is a <br />primary concern to the State as it reacts to proposals for exploratory development in that Basin. <br />Wyoming is actively working with the other Basin states to develop innovative approaches and <br />policies to ensure continued achievement of the goals of the Colorado Basin Salinity Control <br />Program. <br /> <br />4-31 <br /> <br />! ., <br />