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Meeting Minutes – TWG Meeting
August 19, 2002 In Attendance – Linda Davis, IDWR Sandra Thiel, IDWR Genna Ashley, IDWR Ervin Cowley, BLM Al Rea, USGS Leigh Bailey, Payette National
Forest Betsy Rieffenberger,
Salmon-Challis National Forest Cindy Lou MacDonald, BLM
(Afternoon portion) Via Phone Conference –
Lee Leffert, Caribou Targhee
National Forest Sheryl
Hill, Aquatic Ecosystems Biologist Valdon
Hancock, Sawtooth National Forest HUC REVIEW
The meeting began at 9:00
a.m., MST. The first huc reviewed was 17040204
(Teton) with Lee Leffert and Sheryl Hill on the phone.
Sheryl Hill had some comments about the hydrography of the basin.
IDWR Needs to Check the marsh area along the Teton River to make sure
that it is coded as a marsh and not a lake.
Also, delete the lake polygons along Warm Lake and Spring Creek, as
reflected in the 24k DRG’s. After
some discussion, the group decided to approve the Teton delineations and changes
as had been previously been discussed with the exception of changing the lake
status. 17060201 (Upper Salmon)
– Reviewed, preliminary concept lines identified by group.
Several areas were broken out into new 5th field units.
Leigh will work with Valdon Hancock on delineation options within the
Smiley/Beaver Creek areas. A
justification will be written for the Stanley Creek 6th field huc
with 9848 acres. Preliminary
concept lines were identified and Leigh Bailey will work with Betsy
Rieffenberger to make the changes and return to the TWG with changes. Leigh stated that Nick is using
the entire sub-basin name when naming 5th fields and the water-body
name when naming 6th fields. The
group agreed that the naming conventions of hucs should be looked at in the
future. Linda Davis stated that the
main stream name should be used with the secondary stream name after it.
17060204 (Lemhi Basin) –
Reviewed, preliminary concept lines identified by group.
One justification will be written for the Geertson 6th field
huc with 9911 acres. Leigh and
Betsy will work on the changes and return to the TWG with changes. 17060207 (Middle
Salmon-Chamberlain) – Leigh Bailey
sent this huc to Genna Ashley but it never arrived via e-mail.
Leigh and Betsy worked out the Horse Creek 6th field huc and
Trout Creek. Leigh will send this
huc again so that it can be looked at during the next TWG meeting. 17060203 (Middle Salmon
Panther) – Reviewed, preliminary
concept lines identified by group. Betsy
will give the changes to the Salmon-Challis GIS people and return the data to
the TWG group. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION
It was decided to put off the
final review of hucs 17060209 and 17060301 until Nick’s return from fire
assignment, possibly by the next TWG meeting in September (20th).
Betsy Rieffenberger stated that
she has hucs 17060205(Upper Middle Fork) and 17060206 (Lower Middle Fork) ready
for review. Huc 17060206 (Lower
Middle Fork) would be her first priority of the two.
Erv Cowley stated that they would
like to begin reviewing some of the hucs in the BLM area, with the Bruneau huc
being a first priority. Genna
Ashley will send Irv the list of hucs that were sent to BLM (Zig Napkora and Erv
Cowley) in March, 2002. Irv will
find out if Zig Napkora with the BLM has had a chance to review any of the
linework they requested. Al Rea stated that they have
hired Steve Garcia and he may be able to help with Watershed delineations for a
couple of months if there was a need. It
was decided that the Bear Hucs 16010201 and 16010202 could be worked on.
Karen Hanson from Utah has delineated the Utah side and is waiting for
the draft lines from Idaho. Al Rea
will check into Steve’s time allowances and contact Genna Ashley if this is
possible. Genna Ashley showed an updated
Watershed Delineation Status map with an attached table depicting the progress
of the TWG group and asked for comments. It
was decided to add Stewardship to the table and a column showing whether or not
the data has been incorporated into the IDWR Master Watershed Coverage.
Genna Ashley will work on these changes and submit them to the group. ACTION
ITEMS: The lake status in the Teton
River Area will be reviewed (huc 17040204). Leigh will work with Valdon
Hancock on delineation options within the Smiley/Beaver Creek areas of huc
17060201. A justification will be
written for the Stanley Creek 6th field huc with 9848 acres. One justification will be written
for the Geertson 6th field huc (17060204 – Lemhi Basin) with 9911
acres Leigh will send huc 17060207 to
Genna Ashley prior to the next TWG meeting in September.
Genna Ashley will send Erv Cowley
the list of hucs that were sent to BLM, and Irv will find out the BLM has had a
chance to review any of the linework they requested. Al Rea will check into the
availability of Steve Garcia’s time for Watershed delineation work. Genna Ashley will continue to
work on the Watershed Status Map and change the table structure as identified in
the meeting. NEXT
SCHEDULED TWG MEETING(S): September 20th
at 9:00 a.m. MST - The TWG will review
the changes made to the Salmon-Challis National Forest hucs 17060201, 17060203,
17060204, and a final review on the Nez Perce/Payette National Forest Linework
on hucs 17060209, 17060210, 17060207, and 17060301 will be done when Nick
Gerhardt will be available to participate. October 11th at
9:00 a.m. MST – The TWG will review
any changes left over from the September 20th meeting and begin a
review on hucs to be determined The meeting concluded at
approximately 2:00 p.m. . |