February 3, 2025
CONTACT: Amy Woody, Water Quality Analyst, Amy.Woody@deq.idaho.gov
IDAHO CITY – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks representatives to fill vacancies on the Boise-Mores Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).
The Boise-Mores WAG is a group of citizens from a diverse set of interests dedicated to successful restoration and protection of Mores Creek, Grimes Creek, all tributaries upstream to the headwaters, Lucky Peak Reservoir, Arrowrock Reservoir, and the Middle Fork Boise River to the confluence of the North Fork Boise River.
The WAG is currently seeking representation from the following interest areas:
- Forestry and forest products
- Fisheries
- Idaho City municipal
- Recreation
- Shoshone Bannock Tribe
- Upper Umatilla Tribe
- Northern Paiute
- Local interests
The group will meet quarterly or as needed. Responsibilities include working with DEQ on the following deliverables:
- Developing water quality improvement plans known as total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for streams, lakes, and rivers with degraded water quality conditions within the watershed.
- Helping to identify contributing pollution sources in the watershed.
- Recommending specific actions needed to effectively control sources of pollution to the water bodies.
- Helping develop and implement a plan to meet water quality targets identified in the TMDLs.
Anyone interested in serving on the WAG should contact Amy Woody at (208) 373-0274 or at amy.woody@deq.idaho.gov by 5 p.m. (MDT) on May 1, 2025. Meetings are open to the public and details will be announced at a later date.