Trout Unlimited received a grant from the Bureau of Reclamation to initiate and manage a watershed group for the South Fork Boise River and tributaries between Anderson Ranch Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir. The South Fork Boise River is an extremely popular destination for outdoor recreation including fishing, ATV use, camping, hunting, rafting, hiking and birdwatching. It also supports a farming/ranching community and the town of Prairie. Like many other popular natural areas, there are multiple opportunities for improvement that could enhance the long-term health and sustainability of the watershed. The South Fork Boise Watershed Collaborative Group is being developed to identify, prioritize, and seek funding to implement opportunities for improvement in the watershed. As examples, some ideas for potential projects for the group to discuss include improving boat ramp and bathroom facilities along the river, addressing excessive erosion along some sections of road, planting riparian shrubs to help post fire recovery, and investigating the feasibility of increasing side channel connectivity at winter 300cfs flows. If you are interested in the watershed, your knowledge and experience could greatly benefit the process. Even if you haven’t yet visited the area but are interested, you are welcome. You are invited to join the group’s kickoff meeting from 9am-12:30pm on Thursday, October 19th at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Headquarters office at 600 S Walnut St, Boise, ID 83712. Although we would love to see everyone in person for this first meeting, a link is provided below to join virtually through Microsoft Teams. Updates and a detailed agenda will be posted to www.southforkboise.org as we get closer to the meeting date. If you would like to provide input but are unable to attend this meeting or have questions, please reach out to Anthony.Prisciandaro@tu.org.
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