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  • Posted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021
  • Boise River Team
  • birds, Floodplains, Riparian Habitat

Boise River Island Provides Prime Bird Habitat

By Louisa Evers Editor’s Note: Not long ago news broke that The River Club (formerly the Plantation Golf Course) was considering leasing portions of an unnamed island managed by the […]

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  • Posted on December 31, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • Floodplains, High water, Riparian Habitat

Why We Need to Restore Floodplains

Reposted from American Rivers. Photos provided by BREN. Floods can be inconvenient. Large floods can be downright disastrous. Small, regular floods that inundate riverside floodplains are essential to a river’s […]

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  • Posted on November 8, 2020November 8, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • birds, Expo Idaho, Research

Birds of Expo Idaho

Story and photos by Louisa Evers As Ada County’s Expo Idaho Citizens Advisory Committee wrestles with what should be next for the 240-acre site in Garden City, the Boise River […]

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  • Posted on September 28, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • Barber Park, Boise River, Urban, Volunteer

BREN Cleanup Flotillas Tackle the Trash

BREN volunteers took to the Boise River to tackle the trash and they made quite the haul. The adventurous crews launched kayaks, rafts, SUPs, canoes, IKs, float tubes and a […]

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  • Posted on August 19, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • Charlie Wood Park, invasive weeds, MIddleton River Park, plants, Riparian Habitat, Volunteer

Volunteers Endure Prickers and Thorns to Enhance Habitat In Eagle and Middleton

Conditions are improving for native birds, wildlife and fish along the Boise River in Eagle and Middleton due to the hard work of BREN volunteers. With the support of GEICO […]

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  • Posted on June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • birds, Boise River, MIddleton River Park

Game Birds and Wading Birds of Middleton River Park

Text and photos by Louisa Evers except as noted. Please see Birding for Citizen Science in Middleton River Park, and Songbirds of the Boise River Part 1, Part 2 and […]

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  • Posted on June 6, 2020June 6, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • Volunteer

Volunteers Collect 200 Bags of Trash

Make It Pretty Boise River Clean Up Nearly 100 volunteers participated in our Make It Pretty Boise River Clean Up on May 30. 200 bags of trash were collected from […]

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  • Posted on May 19, 2020May 21, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • birds, Boise River, Volunteer

Idaho Young Birders Club Launches

by Lucian Davis The Idaho Young Birders Club is a project of the Golden Eagle Audubon Society. It’s aimed at getting young people interested in birds and conservation, and raising […]

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  • Posted on May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • birds, Boise River, MIddleton River Park

Songbirds of Middleton River Park – Part 3

Text and photos by Louisa Evers Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for introductory information and lots of song birds. Bird safely. Contribute to citizen science. Finches Finches are […]

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  • Posted on May 5, 2020May 14, 2020
  • Boise River Team
  • birds, MIddleton River Park

Songbirds of Middleton River Park – Part 2

Text and photos by Louisa Evers Please see Part 1 for introductory information and more song birds too. Bird safely. Contribute to citizen science. Swallows Swallows are aerial songbirds with […]

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We are a network of people that live, work and play in the Boise River watershed dedicated to promoting the ecological enhancement of the river.

Photo Credits: Generation Wild, Steve Bly, Ken Miracle, Gary O. Grimm

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Boise, ID 83707

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