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Updated format for southforkboise.org

Posted by admin on August 4, 2011 | No Comments

After a few weeks of work we now have launched an updated version of southforkboise.org.

Our goal is to have a website where we can incorporate news and updates more frequently. At the same time we will keep many permanent resources available for people who want to look at data and studies about the South Fork Boise River. All the updates from the southforkboise.tumblr.com page have been brought over. The tumbler page is now retired.

A culvert replacement project will be launched this fall at Pierce Creek, funded in part by the Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee. We will report developments on that project and in the coming weeks project an update on river flows and projections for the future.

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South Fork flows steady but high; reservoir still filling

Posted by admin on July 6, 2011 | No Comments

We are holding steady at 2,000 cfs from Anderson Ranch Dam. Anderson Reservoir is now 98 percent full and should top off in the next week.

The slow, steady melt this year has been rather amazing. Despite a dry 2010 water was saved and we entered 2011 with reservoir contents in pretty good shape. Lots of snow this year, but a slow melt, has meant the pools are filling slowly in May and June. Today the pool finally fills to the point to equal that of last year. But this year it is still filling and in 2010 by the first week of July the reservoir was starting to drop. Check out the chart –

Indications point to ending the year with more water than a year ago. And 2010 was slightly higher than average.

Tagged flows, storage

More on the Snow and the Flow

Posted by admin on June 20, 2011 | Comments Off

It’s the 20th of June, almost summer. There is more water (frozen) at the Trinity Mountain snow site than there ever was in 2010.

Tagged flows, snowpack

Fly casting tournament a successful fund raiser for Pierce Creek Reconnection Project

Posted by admin on May 16, 2011 | No Comments

From the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited –

More than 130 people took part in the inaugural Ted Trueblood Chapter Fly Casting Tournament May 14 at Eagle Island State Park.

The event was a fundraiser for the Pierce Creek reconnection project on the South Fork Boise River and also served as a fund and friendly competition event for fly fishing enthusiasts across the Treasure Valley. KBOI TV sports reporter Troy Oppie came out to the event and his story was aired Saturday night seen in the video below.

Tagged Pierce Creek, spawning