Category: Instream Habitat

Posted on January 31, 2021February 1, 2021
Boise River Team
Fish and Aquatic Habitat, Fishery, Instream Habitat, Volunteer

Local Fishing Club Enhances Fish Spawning Habitat

By Ben Everson The Boise Valley Fly Fishers (BVFF) recently completed a project that adds critical spawning habitat to the Boise River that will aid in reproduction of wild trout. […]

Posted on June 23, 2019June 24, 2019
Boise River Team
Cottonwood Creek Project, Education, Instream Habitat, plants, riparian, Riparian Habitat, Urban, Volunteer

We Have Liftoff for Cottonwood Creek Project

The collaborative Cottonwood Creek Daylighting project is picking up momentum. The creek design shaping up and a new generation of Black Cottonwood trees are growing.This ambitious project will move Cottonwood […]

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019
Boise River Team
access, Barber Dam, birds, boating, Boise River, Fish and Aquatic Habitat, Fishery, Floodplains, Geomorphology, History, Instream Habitat, Recreation, River Access

Barber Dam: The Hydropower Project in our Backyard

By Mary Lucachick The Barber Dam Hydroelectric Project is the closest hydroelectric power plant to Idaho’s capitol. It’s located about 1/3 mile above Eckert Road east of downtown Boise. Fulcrum, […]

Posted on December 16, 2018January 1, 2021
Boise River Team
Boise River, City of Boise, Cottonwood Creek Project, Fish and Aquatic Habitat, History, Urban

Cottonwood Creek: “A Great Source of Trouble and Expense”

A deep freeze had clenched the Boise valley for weeks and snow lay thick on the foothills. In mid-January the temperature shot up to a balmy 50 degrees and rain […]

Posted on August 17, 2018
Boise River Team
Agriculture, Boise River, Fish and Aquatic Habitat, Instream Habitat, Water Quality

Parma Rancher Tackles Water Quality

The Pintail Ranch straddles the Boise River near the Highway 95 bridge by Parma, ID. Doug Bates bought the the beautiful property, in part, to create and improve wildlife habitat […]

Posted on May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
Boise River Team
birds, Boise River, Education, Fishery, Instream Habitat, Research, Riparian Habitat

IBO’s Boise River Research Station

By Gregory Kaltenecker, IBO Executive Director Most people know about the Intermountain Bird Observatory’s Lucky Peak Station high in the Boise foothills. Volunteers help band hundreds of migratory birds there […]

Posted on July 31, 2017July 31, 2017
Boise River Team
Boise River, Fish and Aquatic Habitat, Fishery, Floodplains, High water, Instream Habitat, invasive weeds, Riparian Habitat, Water Quality

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 […]

Posted on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017
Boise River Team
Boise River, City of Boise, Fish and Aquatic Habitat, Fishery, Floodplains, Geomorphology, High water, Instream Habitat, Recreation, Riparian Habitat

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 […]

Posted on March 15, 2017March 15, 2017
Boise River Team
Boise River, Fish and Aquatic Habitat, Fishery, High water, Instream Habitat, Research, Riparian Habitat, Water Quality

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 […]

Posted on February 22, 2017
Boise River Team
Boise River, Fish and Aquatic Habitat, Fishery, Instream Habitat, Riparian Habitat, Volunteer

Volunteers Protect Enhancement Project from Rising River

A dozen hard working volunteers pitched in on February 22 to install coconut fiber erosion control mat over topsoil at a new habitat enhancement project on the Boise River by […]