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 […]
High Flows in Cottonwood Creek
by Kathy Peter and Liz Paul On April 8, 2006, Cottonwood Creek reached its highest flow in the 16 years the current US Geological Survey (USGS) stream gage has been […]
Cottonwood Creek: “It Will Cost a Pretty Penny”
It must have been a dry July when the City of Boise founders platted the first streets in 1863. They established the city in the channel of Cottonwood Creek. Although […]
Plant List for Riparian Enhancement
By Roger Rosentreter PhD, plant ecologist and river lover: High water! Means you have an opportunity to improve your little bit of the Boise River. Control of invasive species to […]
Weeds Fall Prey to High Water and Citizens
By Alan Crockett This year, 2017, the big news regarding the Boise River is the high flow. And while that’s challenging news for some homeowners and we who recreate on […]
Science Proves Benefits of High Flows
by Rob Tiedemann, Ph.D. “What do we want . . . empirical science. When do we want it . . . after peer review.” (April 22, 2017 Sign displayed at […]
A Place for Floods to Go
BY ROCKY BARKER rbarker@idahostatesman.com The moment of truth for the development of Ada County since 1955 has arrived. For more than 27 days, the flood-swollen Boise River has rolled through […]
Floodplains Are Refuge for Fish in High Water
by Michael K. Homza, PE It’s humbling to stand on the banks of the Boise River as it roars by above its official flood discharge of 7,200 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs). It’s […]
Boise: A River Runs Through It
By Charlie Woodruff, Building A Greener Idaho Our theme of From Snow to Flow continues this week with a conversation about the Boise River with Idaho Fish and Game Regional […]
Boise River System Snow and Water Review
by Steve Sweet, PE, Quadrant Consulting Good news, as of March 11, 2017, according to data provided by the NRCS SNOTEL sites, the Boise basin snow-water equivalent moved up 7 […]