Silver Creek Watershed Stakeholders Group
The Silver Creek Watershed Stakeholders group was formed to investigate
environmental issues related to hazardous substances in the Silver Creek
Watershed/Park City area. On this, you will find general information
related to this group, its activities, and contacts.
What is the
Silver Creek Watershed?
A watershed consists of two elements: a water body and the land from
which water drains into that water body. The portion of the Silver Creek
Watershed originally focused on by the stakeholders group includes the
approximate area between Upper Thaynes Canyon and Bald Mountain on the south,
and Park Meadows and Keetley Junction (Richardson Flat) on the north, as shown
in the left-hand drawing below. Since
May 2006, the stakeholders group has also focused on the Lower Silver Creek
area, bounded on the south by State Route 248 and on the north by Atkinson (aka
“the dairy”), as shown generally in the right-hand drawing below. In terms of water quality, the creek and the
land are inseparable; water draining off the land into the creek carries with
it the effects of nature and human activities.
