Alta Harris Creek: a Boise River Side Channel Project at Harris Ranch

Alta Harris Creek, a Boise River Side Channel, will create a new side channel of the Boise River for the purposes of restoring spawning, rearing, and over-wintering fish habitat, all of which have been lost over time due to a changed river ecosystem. When complete the channel will be about one mile in length. Construction began in 2005. The side channel is located near the Harris Ranch development along the Boise River.

The side channel is also being designed to connect the Boise River to Barber Pool to allow fish passage into the pool for the first time in a century. Funded in part by TU Embrace-A-Stream.

Julia Creek Daylighting Project

In 2007 the Ted Trueblood Chapter and Boise Parks and Recreation constructed the Julia Creek Project in Julia Davis Park in downtown Boise. Located at the south end of Julia Davis Park, the 300 foot long channel is connected to the Boise River and provides off channel spawning, rearing and overwintering habitat for trout and other fishes.

Boise River Trout Genetics Study

With support from the Ted Trueblood Chapter the Idaho Department of Fish and Game completed a genetic analysis of the rainbow trout (in .pdf format) in the lower Boise River. Two sample sites were used in the study, one reach in the southern channel of the Boise River along Eagle Island, and the other upstream on the east end of Boise near the Warm Springs Golf Course.

The Island Creek Project: Restoration of Tributary to the Boise River at Eagle Island

Initiated in 2003, the Island Creek Project will restore habitat for salmonid spawning and rearing tributary to the Boise River for the purposes of restoring designated beneficial uses that are not fully supported in the Boise River. The restored channel is about 3,300 feet (slightly over 1/2 mile) in length.

Boise River Spawning Gravel Placement Project.

This gravel placement project in Boise, Idaho, created spawning beds for rainbow and brown trout in two side channels in the city of Boise. One side channel is on the south side of the Boise River and is along The Island development at River Run while on the north side of the river lies the return channel from the Boise City Canal headgate and diversion which lies behind the number 11 green at the Warm Springs Golf Course. The Idaho Statesman gave it extensive coverage with a story here.

Cottonwood Creek Daylighting Project: Boise, Idaho

The Cottonwood Creek Daylighting Project in Boise, Idaho, creates a unique opportunity to place habitat restoration in an urban setting. Cottonwood Creek is currently buried in a 450 ft flume in Julia Davis Park.

Once daylighted, Cottonwood Creek will provide fisheries habitat and endless educational and recreational opportunities in a high visibility location in a city park across the street from a major university and research center. Study funded in 2003 by TU Embrace-A-Stream and the Rotary Club of Boise.

The Head Waters of the Boise River

Mores Creek Floodplain Restoration Project

The Mores Creek watershed was placered, dredged, and hydraulically mined in the late 1800's. Now several partners are working together in a demonstration project to restore Mores Creek and its floodplain. Trout Unlimited is working with the Boise National Forest and the West Central Highlands Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.

Monarch Mill Site, Middle Fork Boise River

Trout Unlimited is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Boise National Forest to stabilize the banks of the river and pull back the tailings. The Monarch Mill Site project will reduce the hazardous tailings from along the river bank.

Roaring River Culvert Replacment

With Support from Trout Unlimited's Embrace A Stream Program, the Boise National Forest and the Ted Trueblood Chapter will reconnect the Roaring River fish population to the Middle Fork Boise system.

Upper Salmon River and Middle Fork Salmon Basins

Fir Creek Campground Fence Construction Project

The Fir Creek Campground Fence Construction Project near Bear Valley, Idaho will protect the riparian area and fish habitat of Bear Valley Creek adjacent to the Fir Creek Campground.

The Project is funded in part by TU Embrace-A-Stream..

Seasonal Movement, Habitat Use Patterns, and Baseline Genetic Profiles of Fluvial Trout Populations in the Upper Salmon River Basin, Idaho.

Research into fluvial trout in the Upper Salmon River has a goal to identify critical rearing, staging, and spawning areas used by fluvial trout populations in the upper Salmon River basin. This information is intended for use in further habitat protection and enhancement projects through the Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project (USBWP) (formerly Lemhi Model Watershed Project). Migratory information will also be critical for further identification and prioritization of future diversion screening projects throughout the basin.

Bear Valley Creek Westslope Cutthroat Trout Migration Study

In 2000 and 2001 the Ted Trueblood Chapter helped the U.S. Forest Service with a radio telemetry study of westslope cutthroat trout. You can view the results of this study at a special website we set up for this project. This project was also featured on TU TV. You can also download and view the final report on the project.

Bear Valley Restoration Efforts in the 1990s

Through much of the last decade the Ted Trueblood Chapter was involved in riparian restoration projects on Bear Valley Creek, at the headwaters of Idaho's famous Middle Fork of the Salmon River.

Click here to see some photos of this work.

Middle Fork Payette River Projects

Silver Creek Weir Removal Project: Restoring Fish Passage

The Silver Creek Weir Removal Project is restoring fish access to several miles of channels in the Silver Creek drainage, tributary to the Middle Fork Payette River watershed.

Silver Creek Plunge Resort Stream Restoration

In 1999 and 2000 the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited worked with the Emmett Ranger District of the Boise National Forest on Silver Creek Plunge Resort Stream Restoration.