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PIERCE CREEK: Construction Starts, Cofferdam In, Culvert Out, Connection Coming

Posted by admin on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment

Pierce Creek Culvert 11.02.2011

Wednesday November 2 we broke ground on the Pierce Creek Reconnection Project. The 48-inch culvert, one that has over the years turned into a fish barrier, will be removed and a new steel bridge installed. Here’s a report on the first two days of work.

Photo at right shows the clearing and grubbing on the downstream end of the culvert. For the first time a clear picture of the stream gradient can be fully appreciated. And even this did not reveal a surprise (more after the jump). Prior to clearing, willow bushes and aspen trees obscured Pierce Creek between the South Fork Boise road and the South Fork Boise River.

Pierce Creek Reconnection Project Poised on the Launching Pad

Posted by admin on October 16, 2011 | No Comments

If you made it to the South Fork Boise River near Danskin Bridge in the last couple of days you would have seen this heavy equipment and rock pile in the photo below. It represents the first step of the Pierce Creek Reconnection Project.

How’s the Fishing?

Posted by admin on September 26, 2011 | No Comments

This website is the creation of fishing enthusiasts who have a conservation interest in the South Fork Boise. And we’re as interested as any in the fishing conditions. But the best information on fishing is to be found with local fly shops, businesses and message boards. Here’s a working list:

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Waiting for 300 cfs

Posted by admin on September 9, 2011 | No Comments

Word on the street, or should we say stream, is that the flow releases out of Anderson Ranch will drop to the minimum 300 cfs flows on or around September 15. You can keep an eye on our handy Current Conditions page, or access the other websites with the flow graphs. Specific date aside, we know for certain there is a lot of water in Anderson Ranch, and we it appears La Nina is Back — which could mean another year of favorable winter snowpack in the Pacific Northwest.

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When South Fork Flows Drop: A History Lesson and a Prediction

Posted by admin on August 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

This is the time of summer when thoughts and conversations among fly anglers turn to the question of when Anderson Ranch Dam flows will drop from the summer boating flows to the wading flows of late summer and fall.

You might hear hushed, brief conversations at the fly shops. The USGS and Bureau of Reclamation river flow web pages get more looks. People start to look at some days in September they can block on their calendar.

Unlike the precision of Friday night lights coming on the last weekend in August for high school football, the exact days for the flows dropping is different year to year. Our prediction is after the jump:

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