Meeting Minutes
– TWG Meeting June 22, 2005
IDWR Office – Boise, ID
In Attendance –
Al
Rea, USGS
Gene Dana, USGS
Christa Braun, BLM
Linda Davis, IDWR
Sandra Thiel, IDWR
Genna Ashley, IDWR
No attendees
Due to difficulties with NetMeeting connection, Valdon Hancock was
unable to call-in.
The
meeting began at approximately 10:15 a.m.
NEWS
TO REPORT
NHD
News: The final two hucs - Asotin
and Pend Oreille, have been sent to the contractor. The Jordan huc should almost be complete and available soon.
Karen
Hanson has been working with EPA for possible funding on Idaho watershed work.
More information will follow, if funding is secured.
HUC
REVIEW
Caribou-Targhee NF hucs - The 4th field boundary was reviewed and
refined between the Beaver-Camas/Upper Henry’s and the Beaver-Camas/Medicine
Lodge hucs. See shapefile
Meeting_20050622 for exact lines. Genna
Ashley will make these edits, incorporate them, and send the changes to CTNF for
review.
Due
to time limitations, all of the identified areas did not get reviewed.
These hucs will be put on a future agenda for a continuing review.
Big Wood 17040219 – Note: Valdon
Hancock with the Sawtooth National Forest tried to call in via NetMeeting, but
the connections were unavailable. Genna Ashley will send Valdon the meeting notes for this
review, and Christa Braun will work with Valdon to incorporate his changes.
Christa will incorporate the USGS 4th field boundary linework,
with the exception of the areas contained in the shapefile Meeting_20050622.shp,
and any other edits Valdon Hancock may have sent to BLM.
The
5th field boundary line at the confluence of the Big Wood River and
Warm Springs Creek was adjusted further upstream so that it did not parallel the
Big Wood River.
The
6th field boundary line by the Shoshone Ice Caves/Black Butte Crater
was moved to the other side of the lava tubes (west). The Black Butte Crater-Big Wood River 6th field
huc will be renamed Cottonwood Reservoir-Big Wood River.
Christa
Braun will continue work on this huc and coordinate with Valdon Hancock,
Sawtooth NF. Genna Ashley will send
Christa the shapefile worked on during the meeting.
Lower Boise 17050114 – Genna Ashley reviewed this huc with the group.
The Hartley Gulch 6th field huc was broken out, and the
remaining Lower Boise River-Mill Slough 6th field was combined with
the Little Gulch Creek 6th field, and renamed Lower Boise River-Mill
Slough. This will bring this 6th
field to approximately 40,500 acres, just slightly above the maximum.
Big Gulch Creek was broken out further upstream.
The
Cottonwood Creek 6th field changes were reviewed and checked from the
last meeting.
A
portion of the Low Line Canal 6th field unit was split so that it
didn’t cut off the Dixie Slough. The
left over 6th field area will be grouped with the Dixie Slough 6th.
See shapefile Meeting_20050622.shp for details.
A
portion of the Boise River outlet was redrawn to the confluence of the Boise
River/Snake River, on the Idaho side of the bank, per the standards.
Genna
Ashley will make the above-mentioned changes and submit the unit to Dave Blew
for one last final look. If these
changes appear to be hydrologically correct to Dave, this huc will be considered
draft approved.
Christa
Braun reported that the American Falls and Lake Walcott hucs may only be
delineated to the 5th fields, if there is not enough hydro to support
6th’s.
Al
Rea stated that he has been in contact with Mike Latta (one of the national WBD
coordinators), and it sounds likely that Idaho will be awarded funding for
watershed delineation. There was
some discussion regarding expectations, etc., and it was decided that when funds
are awarded, Linda Davis (IDWR) and Al Rea (USGS) meet and work out the
particulars. Al Rea stated that
Steve Garcia would be available to work on watersheds in about a month. Al would like Steve to do the initial 24k delineations, and
have Gene do the review work. Ken
Skinner may also be able to devote some time to this project.
Al
Rea mentioned that the initial breakdown of potential fund allocation listed
work for June and July 2005, and that needs to be clarified with Karen.
Linda Davis will look into this issue.
Al
Rea stated that the ESRI watershed tools should be almost finished, and there
should be some training opportunities soon.
This could help expedite attributing and error checking.
Erv
Cowley (BLM), and Valdon Hancock (Sawtooth National Forest), will both be
retiring at the end of the year. Valdon
stated that he is currently working on the Raft River huc and plans to have it
completed before he leaves. Erv
Cowley is working to complete as many watersheds as time will allow before his
departure too.
The
TWG will work to get a first review completed for the few hucs that have not
been looked at yet. Genna Ashley
will compile a list and make contacts for any available data that might be out
there for these hucs. The TWG would
like to concentrate on any hucs that BLM or Sawtooth National Forest has
interest in – so that Erv Cowley and Valdon Hancock have the opportunity to
provide input before they leave.
The
TWG will put the American Falls and Lake Walcott hucs on the agenda for a review
during the July meeting.
ACTION
ITEMS:
Genna Ashley will make the edits for the Caribou-Targhee National
Forest, mentioned above, and send those edits to CTNF for review.
Christa Braun will continue to work on the Big Wood unit, and
incorporate the 4th field boundary lines from USGS.
She will also coordinate with Valdon Hancock for his edits.
Genna Ashley will send the shapefile worked on during the meeting, and
the meeting notes to Christa and Valdon so they can coordinate.
Genna Ashley will make the changes for the Lower Boise huc, and
have it reviewed by David Blew, IDWR.
Linda Davis will review and possibly clarify the funding breakdown
for June/July 2005 with Karen Hanson and Al Rea.
Genna Ashley will compile a list of non-reviewed hucs and get any
new linework that may be available for these areas.
The American Falls and Lake Walcott hucs will be put on the next
agenda.
NEXT
SCHEDULED TWG MEETING (S):
Date
to be determined soon – IDWR Offices, 322 W. Front Street, Boise, ID
For directions and/or NetMeeting connections, please contact Genna Ashley at (208) 287-4880 genna.ashley@idwr.idaho.gov
***Subject to change before meeting***