Bear Lake water management under review
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)-The Idaho Department of Water Resources is teaming up with PacifiCorp and the state of Utah to look at ways to expand water storage capabilities at Bear Lake.
A new study, developed by modeling experts from the University of Colorado, summarizes findings about how different flood control operations could raise lake levels and increase storage.
The “Joint Bear River Planning Model” will be used to ensure all of the participants are using the same data. The Idaho Water Resources Board indicates it is likely to be the first of several water supply studies in the Bear River Basin.
Preston Rancher Jay Wilde had a dream â to restore beavers to Birch Creek.
His goal was to make Birch Creek a perennial stream. And provide water â for his cattle and horses.
But each time he released beavers â on his own nickel â they vanished.
âThey didnât stay. They didnât survive or the predators got them, we donât know,â Jay said. âIt got pretty obvious to me that I didnât know what I was doing. As far as restoring beaver.â
Then, Jay met Joe Wheaton from Utah State University. A professor of Watershed Sciences, Wheaton specializes in using beavers and low-tech woody structures to restore streams.
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