Idaho Conservation Project Tracker

The State of Idaho's Conservation Project Tracker tells stories about the significant accomplishments of Idaho's broad conservation partnership: local, state, and federal agencies working with private landowners, nonprofits, and others to promote good stewardship.

Idaho is home to magnificent and diverse landscapes – rivers, lakes, mountains, forests and desert canyons, is rich in its wildlife and habitat, and contains ample fertile ground suitable for a variety of agricultural pursuits. Those involved in managing Idaho's lands and resources have deep roots. They know that caring for the land benefits both bottom line and future generations.

Conservation the Idaho Way reflects the conviction that the very best way to care for and enhance Idaho's soil, water, air, plants and wildlife is through voluntary stewardship. Conservation the Idaho Way utilizes our natural resources to benefit all Idahoans while maintaining and improving our natural resources for future generations.

We have a lot of stories to tell. These are some of them.

Tracker tells stories at a broad-brush level. Individual project performance measures and expenditures should not be relied upon for complete and total accuracy and should be confirmed with a project's lead implementer. Project locations subject to confidentiality provisions under state and federal law specify the location of a local conservation district or USDA service center office

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Conservation Projects
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Project Stage

Featured Projects

Clearwater Complex Implementations (Idaho CD)

After Fuels Reduction

Program	District Technical Assistance (ISWCC)
Lead Implementer	Idaho County Conservation District
Other Organizations	Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Stage	Completed
Duration	2017 - 2020

Lolo Creek watershed was one of the primary watersheds affected by the 2015 Clearwater Complex fire. Most of the watershed was burnt at a moderate to severe intensity. Due to the fire there is a high risk of road failures, landslides and debris flows that will impact the anadromous fish in Lolo Creek. Multiple funding sources have been sought to work toward addressing these risks. (Hazardous Fuel Reduction, Western Fire Managers, Legislative Funding and Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery, Landscape Restoration).

TA hour break down of hours reported in the combined TA request (that are specific to this project): FY2018: 262 hours; FY2019: 134 hours; FY2020: 123 hours.

Fleming Creek Road Sedimentation and Nutrient Reduction (Boundary CD)

Construction

Program	District Technical Assistance (ISWCC)
Lead Implementer	Boundary Conservation District
Other Organizations	Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Stage	Implementation
Duration	2019

Fleming Creek Road sedimentation and Nutrient Reduction Project was funded through the 319 grant application process. Pre-project conditions consisted of undersized and damaged culverts. Two of the culvert replacements were on Fleming Creek, they were both fish barriers and prone to overwhelming volume during spring runoff. The 3rd culvert was a relief culvert on the road segment between the larger Fleming Creek culverts. Its location caused chronic plugging of its inlet from the hillside above it

Sagebrush Landscape Restoration

Sage Grouse

Program	Sagebrush Landscape Restoration
Lead Implementer	Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Other Organizations	Idaho Department of Fish and Game, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Stage	Implementation
Duration	2018 - 2020

This National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) funded grant primarily focuses on restoring lost hydrology to wet meadow, mesic, and wetland areas. This position works on restoring, enhancing, and/or protecting sagebrush steppe, maintaining/building strong collaborative partnerships, communicating about the program, and ensures a well-trained workforce exists to deliver supporting landscape scale conservation. Works with landowners, local, state, federal, and NGOs. Landscape scale improvements to these limited resources are expected to benefit from implementation across jurisdictional boundaries and are expected to have the greatest impact to sage-steppe obligates and associated species.

St. Joe River Streambank Stabilization and Vegetation 319 Grant, Resource Inventory (Benewah CD)

Bardge work

Program	District Technical Assistance (ISWCC)
Lead Implementer	Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Other Organizations	Benewah County, Coeur d'Alene Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission, Shoshone Board of County Commissioners, St. Joe River Landowners, St. Joe/St. Maries Watershed Advisory Group, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Stage	Implementation
Duration	2019 - 2021

The project addresses water quality, fish and wildlife habitat/riparian health restoration as identified in the District's annual work plan. Hours requested will be utilized for both implementation and capacity building assistance to the District. IDEQ and AVISTA have committed funding for the project. Engineered design and permit applications have been submitted to all appropriate agencies. Plans for contractor are ongoing. Construction will commence during the fall 2019 work window. St. Joe River 319 landowners will provide cottonwood plantings above riprap stabilization, provide plant maintenance for both willows and cottonwoods for5 yrs. District will monitor 5 years.

Water Quality Program for Agriculture (2000-2012, aggregated data)

WQPA funded instream restoration around the state.

Program	Water Quality Implementation
Lead Implementer	Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Other Organizations	Ada Conservation District, Balanced Rock Conservation District, Benewah Conservation District, Bonner Conservation District, Boundary Conservation District, Bruneau River Conservation District, Butte Conservation District, Camas Soil Conservation District, Canyon Conservation District, Caribou Conservation District, Clark Conservation District, Clearwater Conservation District, Custer Conservation District, East Cassia Conservation District, Elmore Conservation District, Gem Conservation District, Gooding Conservation District, Idaho County Conservation District, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Kootenai Shoshone Conservation District, Latah Conservation District, Lemhi Conservation District, Lewis Conservation District, Nez Perce Conservation District, North Side Conservation District, Oneida Conservation District, Owyhee Conservation District, Payette Conservation District, Portneuf Conservation District, Snake River Conservation District, Squaw Creek Conservation District, Teton Conservation District, Twin Falls Conservation District, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Valley Conservation District, Weiser River Conservation District, West Cassia Conservation District, Wood River Conservation District, Yellowstone Conservation District
Stage	Completed
Duration	2000 - 2012

The Idaho Water Quality Program for Agriculture (WQPA) is a cost-share program under IC 22-2733 offering financial incentives to protect and enhance water quality and fish and wildlife habitat. WQPA was funded by the state's General Fund between 2000 and 2012. The final projects were completed within several years of that. There were 1,698 individual projects accomplished under the WQPA between 2000 and 2012.

State funds in the amount of $13,449,070 were distributed over the life of the Program. Partner matching funds are estimated, but unknown due to reporting discrepancies.

For more information on Conservation the Idaho Way and the Idaho Conservation Partnership, contact the Idaho Soil & Water Conservation Commission at: 322 E. Front Street, Suite 560, Boise, Idaho 83702 • www.swc.idaho.gov • info@swc.idaho.gov • 208-322-1790