Meeting Minutes
– TWG Meeting January 15, 2004
IDWR Office – Boise, ID
In Attendance –
Linda Davis,
IDWR
Sandra Thiel, IDWR
Genna Ashley, IDWR
Al Rea, USGS
Leigh Bailey, Payette National Forest
Ervin Cowley, BLM
T.J. Clifford, Boise National Forest
Via
Phone Conference –
No Phone Attendees
The meeting
began at approximately 10:00 a.m., MST
NEWS
TO REPORT
Montana has
announced the review period for the following hucs that affect Idaho:
Upper Kootenai and Yaak. There
is only a very, very small portion of the Yaak huc that falls within
Idaho. The data steward for the
Upper Kootenai is the Kootenai NF.
In addition, Montana is wrapping up comments on the 170101 hucs in preparation
for final submittal to NRCS for verification.
They stated that all comments received on those areas were accepted and
will be applied. Idaho will request
a copy of that dataset when it is available and distribute it to the appropriate
data stewards for coordination across state boundaries.
Titan has delivered the contracted linework to the Oregon/Washington REO
coordinators, Ken Adee and Dan Wickwire. Idaho
is in the process of getting a copy of that dataset and will provide it to the appropriate data stewards for coordination across state
boundary lines.
HUC
REVIEW
Boise-Mores
17050112
– The boundary between Upper Grimes Creek and Lower Grimes Creek may be moved
down the historical confluence of Grimes-Granite Creek.
Clear Creek-Smith Creek will be changed to Clear Creek of Grimes Creek.
T. J. will check the boundary lines between Mores Creek-Deer Creek and
Mores Creek-Dagger Creek. The numbering will be changed between Granite Creek and Clear
Creek of Granite Creek. The South
Fork Boise huc will be changed to go into the legacy channel. The numbering will be changed to reflect consistency with
Idaho’s standard for Sheep Creek. T.
J. will make these changes and send the completed huc to Genna Ashley for
incorporation into the draft master watershed coverage.
After the changes are received, this huc will be considered draft
approved.
Brownlee
17050201
– The changes identified in the last meeting were reviewed.
Genna Ashley had a few questions regarding some additional name changes
that were not noted on the previous map. These
questions were answered and Genna Ashley will make the appropriate changes.
After these changes are made, this huc will be sent to Tim Bliss to
ensure Idaho and Oregon have edge-matched across state boundary lines.
This huc is draft approved pending approval from Tim.
Upper
Henry’s 17040202
– Sandra Thiel reviewed this huc with the group.
She went through the changes made that had been previously identified by
the group. The 6th field
Reas Pass Creek-Henry’s Fork will be moved to the Dam and Henry’s Lake.
A Justification will be written because this unit will exceed the
40,000-acre limit. The TWG will
contact the Henry’s Fork Foundation and ask that group if they have any
information about the questionable drainage area in the Tygee Creek-Henry’s
Fork 6th. The TWG group
can’t determine where it is draining. The Henry’s Fork Foundation will be provided with any hard
copies of maps and/or digital data to assist in making this determination.
It was decided to break Moose Creek out into a pure 6th field.
There will be some renumbering done in this unit, and this will need to
be checked against the Beaver-Camas 4th field boundary to resolve
discrepancies. The acreages need to
be checked.
Palisades
17040104
– the group reviewed this huc. Sandra
Thiel will continue to work on this huc and bring it back for a continuing
review.
Lower
Henry’s 17040203
– This huc was reviewed by the group. The
4th field boundary at the southernmost tip of 17040203 between 203
and 201 is questionable. The rules
for a delta may apply here. A
slough is a natural water feature. This
huc will be deferred until it can be revisited again during another TWG meeting
for further review.
Central
Bear 16010102
– This huc was tabled and will be scheduled for another TWG meeting.
Salt
17040105
– This huc was tabled and will be scheduled for another TWG Meeting.
Linda
Davis stated that she would like to make the Idaho border hucs a high priority
for draft review completion.
There
was some discussion about putting together a working manual to help Idaho data
stewards understand what is required to meet the standards, including the naming
and numbering issue as the Idaho TWG is applying it.
T.J.
Clifford asked who the other principal landowners are for the Payette huc.
Genna Ashley stated that there is also significant BLM and private
ownership land in this huc. T.J.
will make as many revisions to this huc as possible, then send it on to Genna
Ashley who will coordinate with other agencies and/or interested parties for the
completion of the remaining delineations.
T.
J. Clifford asked if Idaho had a timeframe for completion of the 24k linework in
addition to the draft-approved attributes.
The TWG group stated that because Idaho does not have any official monies
for watershed work, it is impossible to assign a completion date to this
endeavor because agencies are working on the data as they can allocate staff
time.
Al
Rea stated that USGS is doing a purchase of all available DEM data for the
entire state in 1-degree blocks. There
are approximately three 1-degree blocks along the Montana border that do not
have the full block filled in and individual DEM files would be needed for those
particular areas.
Linda
Davis will update the ArcIMS site, using the latest watershed data.
ACTION
ITEMS:
Idaho
will request a copy of that dataset when it is available and distribute it to
the appropriate data stewards for coordination across state boundaries.
Idaho
is in the process of getting a copy of that dataset and will provide it to the
appropriate data stewards for coordination across state boundary lines.
T.
J. will make these changes and send the completed huc to Genna Ashley for
incorporation into the draft master watershed coverage.
The
TWG will contact the Henry’s Fork Foundation and ask that group if they have
any information about the questionable drainage area in the Tygee
Creek-Henry’s Fork 6th.
Linda
Davis will update the ArcIMS site with the latest watershed data to be included
in the Watershed website.
NEXT
SCHEDULED TWG MEETING (S)
Tuesday,
February 24th, at 10:00 a.m. in the IDWR Upstairs Conference Room. For directions and/or NetMeeting connections, please contact
Genna Ashley-Poulson at (208) 327-7958, genna.ashley@idwr.idaho.gov
***Subject to change before meeting***