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The meeting began at approximately 9:15 a.m.

HUC REVIEW

 Medicine Lodge 17040215/Beaver Camas 17040214 4^th field boundary – The TWG reviewed the Camas Creek/Mud Lake area.  It was determined that since Camas Creek is a major tributary to Mud Lake, Mud Lake should be included within the Beaver-Camas hydrologic unit, not the Medicine Lodge unit.  The Mud Lake area will become a separate 5^th field within this huc, and the 6^th field names will remain the same.  Genna Ashley will make these changes and send the shapefiles to BLM. When these changes are complete, these hucs will be considered draft approved for concept lines.

Salmon Falls 17040213  The TWG reviewed this huc.  After much discussion and debate, it was determined that Deep Creek is actually part of Upper Snake Rock, not the Salmon Falls 4^th field unit.  The line that Gary Young and Valdon Hancock reviewed will remain, with the possible exception of one area east of McCongle Canyon, near the town of Rogerson.  Erv Cowley will work with Christa Braun to get this area figured out. 

The group also looked at the Blue Gill Landslide area, and determined that no new delineations should be made in this area.

Upper Snake Rock 17040212 – The TWG reviewed this huc.  These preliminary delineations were done as a pilot project between NRCS and Titan back in 2002/2003.  Sawtooth National Forest is very interested in getting this huc reviewed and concept lines/attributes completed.  The following areas were reviewed and recommendations were made:

Clover Creek was split at Calf Creek for a 6^th field unit.

Dry Creek was split at Clover Creek as a pure 6^th.  The remaining reservoir area was grouped in with the eastern portion of Clover Creek.  See shapefile TWG20051213 for exact line placement/deletion.

Due to time limitations, the TWG opted to review the northern portion of the huc at a later date, so that Valdon Hancock could review some of the delineations in the southern portion that affect the Sawtooth National Forest.

Rock Creek will become one 5^th field, from the headwaters to the Snake River – see shapefile TWG20051213.shp.

Dry Creek will become one 5^th field, from the headwaters to the Snake River – see shapefile TWG20051213.shp.

Big Cottonwood Creek will become one 5^th field from the headwaters to the legacy channel in Murtaugh Lake – see shapefile TWG20051213.shp.

USGS has reviewed the 4^th field boundary lines, and the new 4^th field boundary lines will need to be merged into this huc.

The Upper Snake Rock linework will be used to delineate the missing line in the USGS 4^th field dataset.  Genna Ashley will incorporate this line.

Leigh Bailey will continue with the Upper Snake Rock delineations in Valdon Hancock’s absence.  Genna Ashley will make the above-mentioned changes, and send this huc to Leigh Bailey for continued delineation and review.

Camas 17040220 – The TWG reviewed this huc.  There were multiple pour points for the 6^th fields within the Camas Creek headwaters 5^th field.  The TWG group cleaned this area up.  See shapefile TWG20051213.shp for linework.

A portion of a 5^th field line was moved (on the east side of Knowlton Creek Headwaters to avoid crossing a natural stream.

Genna Ashley will make these changes, and this huc will be considered draft approved.

Upper Owyhee 17050104, and Miscellaneous BLM information – The TWG reviewed the Upper Owyhee huc.  The 4^th field boundary line at Sheep Creek Reservoir should be moved to include the drainage going into the reservoir.  The correct linework has been delineated in the USGS 4^th field boundary work, and this linework will be incorporated into the Upper Owyhee huc.

Erv Cowley reported that he re-worked the Nevada linework in the Wildhorse Reservoir area.  The legacy channels go into the meadow and split into springs in Wildhorse Reservoir.  There was not enough acreage to break the 5^th field unit at Wildhorse Dam, so there are two pour points for this 5^th field unit, but it is hydrologically correct.

The Dry Creek/Battle Creek area was re-worked to include more of Dry Creek in the Dry Creek 6^th field unit.  For specific line placement, see shapefile TWG20051213.shp.

Erv Cowley will make the changes for this huc.  After those changes are complete, Genna Ashley will send the Upper Owyhee, South Fork Owyhee and East Little Owyhee hucs to Mark O’Brien in Nevada for coordination.  Erv Cowley has also sent these hucs to Zig Napkora and Bruce Zoellick for input.

Per Erv Cowley – take whatever Oregon/Washington comes up with for the Middle Owyhee huc, as their preliminary linework looked good.

The ridge work should be checked on these hucs, and some polygons are not connected yet.  There is still some clean-up work that needs to be done for these hucs.

Erv Cowley stated that the Utah linework is good for the Malad River and Blue Creek areas, and Idaho should be able to match Utah, using their names and numbers.

Erv Cowley stated that there might be some areas in the American Falls unit that can be lumped together.  Genna Ashley will get the latest linework from Linda Davis (she was checking on the bathymetry), and send to Erv and Christa.

ACTION ITEMS:

Genna Ashley will update the 4^th field boundaries of the Medicine Lodge and Beaver-Camas hucs.  She will send this linework to Erv Cowley and Christa Braun, and these hucs will be considered draft approved for concept lines.

Erv Cowley and Christa Braun will work on the Salmon Falls hydrologic unit, and send it to Genna Ashley.  As soon as these changes have been completed, this huc will be considered draft approved.

Genna Ashley will send Leigh Bailey the Upper Snake Rock hydrologic unit so that she can review and work on it.  Genna Ashley will also replace the missing boundary line between the Upper Snake Rock and Little Wood hucs (in the USGS “Final4th” linework) with the Upper Snake Rock delineation. 

Genna Ashley will fix the small changes in the Camas huc, and it will be considered draft approved.

Erv Cowley and Christa Braun will work on the changes identified for the Upper Owyhee huc.  When these changes have been completed, Christa Braun will send this huc to Genna Ashley.  Genna Ashley will send the Owyhee hucs to Mark O’Brien in Nevada for coordination.

The Middle Owyhee linework will be incorporated from Oregon.  As soon as Oregon draft approves their linework, Idaho will consider this huc draft approved, per Erv Cowley.

Idaho will incorporate the Utah linework for the Malad River/Blue Creek areas and match to their lines and attributes.

Genna Ashley will send Erv Cowley and Christa Braun the latest version of the American Falls hydrologic unit.  Erv and Christa will work on lumping together some of the units, and then send their changes back to Genna Ashley.  When these changes have been completed, this huc will be considered draft approved.

MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION

Erv Cowley is retiring from BLM after 41 years service.  Valdon Hancock is retiring from the Sawtooth National Forest after 39 years service.  Both Erv and Valdon have done extensive work with the Idaho watershed delineation project, and the Idaho TWG group would like to congratulate and sincerely thank each of them for their valuable input and tireless effort.  They will be greatly missed!!

NEXT SCHEDULED TWG MEETING (S):

Wednesday, January 18^th, at the Idaho Department of Water Resources in Boise, ID.  The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m.

For directions and/or NetMeeting connections, please contact Genna Ashley at (208) 287-4880 genna.ashley@idwr.idaho.gov

***Subject to change before meeting***

The meeting concluded at approximately 4:30 p.m.