The Island Creek Project: Restoration of Tributary to the Boise River at Eagle Island
The Island Creek Project will restore habitat for salmonid spawning and rearing tributary to the Boise River for the purposes of restoring designated beneficial uses that are not fully supported in the Boise River. The channel will be about 3,300 feet (slightly over 1/2 mile) in length.
Silver Creek Weir Removal Project: Restoring Fish Passage
The Silver Creek Weir Removal Project will restore fish access to several miles of channels in the Silver Creek drainage, tributary to the Middle Fork Payette River watershed.
The Boise River Side Channel Project at Harris Ranch
The Boise River Side Channel Project will create a new side channel of the Boise River for the purposes of restoring spawning, rearing, and over-wintering fish habitat, all of which have been lost over time due to a changed river ecosystem. The channel will be about 1/2 mile in length.
It will be constructed as part of the new Harris Ranch development along the Boise River, originating within a planned 35-acre riverfront natural park at the upstream end of the development. Boise City Parks and Recreation will own and manage the park. In future years, there is great potential to construct an additional 1.5 miles of side channels on Harris Ranch. Learn more about this exciting new project.
Bear Valley Creek Westslope Cutthroat Trout Migration Study
In 2000 and 2001 the Ted Trueblood Chapter helped the U.S. Forest Service with a radio telemetry study of westslope cutthroat trout. You can view the results of this study at a special website we set up for this project, www.cutthroatradio.com.
Silver Creek Plunge Resort Stream Restoration
In 1999 and 2000 the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited worked with the Emmett Ranger District of the Boise National Forest on Silver Creek Plunge Resort Stream Restoration.
For more information on this work in...
Also check out the Boise National Forest website where there is great stuff on this restoration project, including live action of TU members doing the work and special photography!
Bear Valley Restoration Efforts in the 1990s
Through much of the last decade the Ted Trueblood Chapter was involved in riparian restoration projects on Bear Valley Creek, at the headwaters of Idaho's famous Middle Fork of the Salmon River.
Click here to see some photos of this work.
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Ted Trueblood Chapter Idaho Trout Umlimited
