There are three distinct portions of the Crow Creek Watershed:
1)    The upper watershed is represented by state lands, national forest lands and private lands surrounding municipal water supply reservoirs.  These reservoirs and tributaries are potentially affected by forest management, livestock grazing, intense recreational uses and development for small acreage housing.

2)    The Cheyenne area is characterized as urban, suburban and industrial use with suspected affects on water quality stemming from storm sewers, street and parking lot runoff, waste water treatment facilities and housing development.

3)    The Carpenter area of Crow Creek from Cheyenne to the Wyoming/Colorado border is represented predominantly by dryland farming, center pivot irrigation, livestock grazing and small acreage housing development uses.  Affects in this area result from storm water carryover, wastewater treatment facilities, livestock grazing, small acreage housing and irrigation practices.

Watershed Planning:
The Laramie County Conservation District works with local stakeholders to develop and implement the Crow Creek Watershed Plan.  The plan identifies water quality issues for Crow Creek and recommends Best Management Practices that can be implemented on private and public lands.

The Upper Crow Creek Watershed Steering Committee recently finalized the Amendment to the Crow Creek Watershed Plan.  The Amendment addresses water quality issues in the upper portion of the watershed located upstream of Granite, Crystal and Upper North Crow Reservoirs.  The Boards of Supervisors for the Laramie County Conservation District and the Laramie Rivers Conservation District approved the watershed plan amendment and it was recently approved by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

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