North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Watershed Advisory Group (WAG)
Watershed advisory groups (WAGs) are groups of interested citizens that provide local public input and guidance to DEQ during the development of water quality improvement plans or "Total Maximum Daily Loads" (TMDLs) for water bodies that fail to meet water quality standards. TMDLs are designed to reduce the levels of pollutants, such as bacteria and sediment, in impaired water bodies.
The North Fork Coeur d'Alene River WAG and DEQ are planning and implementing water quality improvement projects to achieve targets set by existing TMDLs for sediment and metals in the subbasin. Additionally, TMDLs addressing temperature and metals are under development for waterbodies in the subbasin that do not fully support beneficial uses.
Note: Content on this page is provided for informational purposes as the WAG and DEQ develop and implement water quality plans for the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River watershed. All review documents are considered draft and are subject to change. The goal of providing these documents at WAG meetings and on this web page is to ensure citizens an opportunity to provide input as the documents are developed.
Next Scheduled Meeting Date
TBD
Background
WAG Cooperative Recreation Planning
- Respect the River Presentation (2013)
- Respect the River (brochure)
- USFS Coeur d'Alene River Corridor Management Plan (June 2012)
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Cooperative Recreation Plan (Version 1: August 31, 2011)
Resources
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene River WAG Operating Procedures
- "Rolling on the river," Coeur d'Alene Press
- 1996 Governor Philip E. Batt's State of Idaho Bull Trout Conservation Plan
- Northern Idaho Water Rights Adjudication
- Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission
- Coeur d'Alene Basin/Bunker Hill Cleanup
- Summer Use of Side Channel Habitat by Fishes in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho
- Idaho SNOTEL Sites
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene Water Quality Status Poster
- DEQ Alluvium Sorting Report (March 2008)
- DEQ Summary of Bacteria Data for North Fork Coeur d'Alene Subbasin
- Airborne Thermal Infrared Imaging Report (2007)
- Land Ownership/Management in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Watershed
- U.S. Geological Survey Real-time Water Data for Idaho
Success Stories
- Jordan Creek Watershed SP-12
- Yellowdog Creek WQ-10
- Middle Tepee Creek WQ-10
- Upper Tepee Creek WQ-10
- Steamboat Creek WQ-10
Beaver Creek Watershed Assessment
Silver Valley/Coeur d'Alene Mining District in Multimedia
- Idaho's Silver Valley Sheds Its Polluted Past (National Public Radio Story, January 8, 2008)
- In High Prices, Moribund Mines Find a Silver Bullet (New York Times Article, April 3, 2008)
- Historic Mining Films (University of Idaho Archives)
Watershed Professionals Network Reports 2007
- Watershed Overview and History Report
- Hydrology Report
- Hydrology Appendix - Hydrographs
- Sediment Source Report
- Stream Channel Analysis Report
- Stream Channel Analysis Appendices
- Technical Appendix and Summary of Existing Information
Previous Meetings
2016
- Date
- Materials
- April 21, 2016
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- Wild Trout Management in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Basin (Idaho Fish and Game presentation)
- Detecting Rare Species Using Environmental Data (U.S. Forest Handout)
- Fire and Floodplains Workshop Brochure
- February 18, 2016
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- Proposed 2016 Assessments (Handout)
- January 21, 2016
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
2015
- Date
- Materials
- December 17, 2015
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- July 23, 2015
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- Watershed Restoration Project Tour Details
- Moose Drool Watershed Restoration Project Before Photos
- Moose Drool Watershed Restoration Project Photos
- June 25, 2015
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- Moose Drool Watershed Restoration: Phase I-III, 2012-2015
- May 21, 2015
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- WAG Goal, Likes, and Dislikes for the Implementation Plan (draft)
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Subbasin Water Quality Improvement Plan: Sediment and Temperature TMDL Implementation (draft)
- April 30, 2015
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- WAG Goal, Likes, and Dislikes for the Implementation Plan (draft)
- March 26, 2015
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- The Lands Council – Watershed Restoration in the Inland Northwest (Presentation by Amanda Parrish, Watershed Program Director)
- February 19, 2015
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- 2015 BURP Sampling Sites
- Map: BURP Sites
- Draft WAG Operating Procedures
- Excerpts of Idaho Title 39
2014
- Date
- Materials
- December 11, 2014
- Agenda
- Graham and Shoshone Creek Launch Sites (presentation)
- TMDL Implementation Plans (presentation)
- November 20, 2014
- Agenda
- October 9, 2014
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Video: Moose Drool Phase III Watershed Restoration
- Copper Creek Sediment TMDL Review & Delistings
- Upper Jordan Creek Sediment TMDL Review & Delistings
- July 17, 2014
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Idaho's Aquatic Invasive Species Program (presentation by Tom Woolf, Idaho State Department of Agriculture)
- Unassessed Waters in the North Fork CdA Subbasin
- Sediment Impairments and Proposed Delistings
- May 22, 2014
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Coeur d'Alene Lake Management and How the North Fork CdA Fits In (presentation by Jamie Brunner (DEQ) and Laura Laumatia (CdA Tribe))
- New Idaho Forest Practices Act "Shade Rule" (presentation by Archie Gray (IDL))
- March 20, 2014
- Agenda
- January 23, 2014
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Mill Site Cleanup Summary Information
- Unassessed Streams Summary
- Unassessed Streams for 2014
2013
- December 19, 2013
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- October 24, 2013
- Agenda
- Upper Jordan Creek: Sediment TMDL Review and Delistings (presentation)
- September 26, 2013
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- North Idaho Fly Casters 319 Grant Proposal
- Respect the River Photos
- July 17, 2013
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- WAG Letter to USFS on Beaver Creek Project
- June 26, 2013
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Restoration Partnership (Presentation)
- DEQ Extends Public Comment Period on Statewide Water Quality Status Report (News release)
- Notice of Beaver Creek DEIS Availability
- Photo: Respect the River Banner
- May 2, 2013
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- 2012 and 2013 North Fork Coeur d'Alene Subbasin BURP Sites
- Graham Creek Solar Pathfinder Monitoring Sites
- Peaks Perch Memorial Bench Information
- Selected Respect the River Banner Design
- March 28, 2013
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- DEQ Grant Announcement
- Beaver Creek Channel Restoration Inventory (Presentation by Ed Lider)
- Temperature TMDLs of the Upper (North Fork) Coeur d'Alene River Subbasin (Presentation)
- Graham Creek (Handout)
- February 21, 2013
- Agenda
- January 24, 2013
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Beaver Creek Watershed Assessment (Handout)
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Cooperative Recreation Plan: 2012 Accomplishments (Presentation by Jenny Gray, DEQ)
2012
- Date
- Materials
- November 29, 2012
- Agenda
- Jack Waite Mine and Mill Site Removal and Reclamation Project Update (Presentation by Jeff Johnson, USFS/BLM)
- Idora Mill/Beaver Creek Mine Tailings Removal Action (Presentation)
- August 23, 2012
- Agenda (draft)
- June 28, 2012
- Agenda (draft)
- Meeting Notes
- Respect the River: Implementing the CDA River Corridor Plan and North Fork CDA Cooperative Recreation Plan (Presentation)
- USFS Coeur d'Alene River Corridor Management Plan
- May 24, 2012
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- Birds of the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Riparian Zones: Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (Presentation by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- Tepee Creek Success Story and Sediment Delisting Proposal
- April 26, 2012
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Unknown Gulch culvert removal (Handout)
- Bull trout recovery planning update (Handout)
- Warm temps boost risk of floods (Shoshone News-Press)
- County gives update on Dobson Pass (Shoshone News-Press)
- Prescribed burns planned in forest (Coeur d'Alene Press)
- Idaho Fish and Game Fisheries (Handout)
- March 22, 2012
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Stream Temperature: Water Quality Standards (Presentation by Kajsa Stromberg, DEQ)
- Numeric Temperature Criteria (Handout)
- Graham Creek Temperature Issue Example (Handout)
- WAG Moose Drool Letter of Support
- February 23, 2012
- Agenda
2011
- Date
- Materials
- December 15, 2011
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Habitat Improvement Project (Presentation)
Yellowdog Creek, Idaho, Water Quality Success Story (Presentation)
Removing Forest Roads and Restoring Streams Reduces Sediment in Yellowdog Creek (Handout) - October 20, 2011
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- Meeting Water Quality Goals in North Fork CDA Subbasin Streams? (Presentation by Kajsa Stromberg, DEQ)
- Idora Mill/Beaver Creek Mine Tailing Remediation (Presentation)
- August 18, 2011
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes (draft)
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Cooperative Recreation Plan (Presentation by Tammi Laninga and Nick Brown, UI, Clair Pitner, USFS, Kajsa Stromberg, DEQ)
- June 30, 2011
- Workshop Flyer
- Meeting Notes
- April 21, 2011
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- March 24, 2011
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Application of the GRAIP Model on the Beaver Creek Watershed (Presentation by Ashley McFarland, University of Idaho Extension)
- January 20, 2011
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Habitat Improvement Project (Presentation by Sherry Klaus, Benewah Soil and Water Conservation District)
- Beaver Creek Watershed Assessment: Preliminary Data (Presentation by Ashley McFarland, UI Extension)
- Coeur d'Alene River Corridor Management Plan: Managing Recreation on the North Fork and Little North Fork Coeur d'Alene Rivers (Presentation by Claire Pitner, US Forest Service)
2010
- Date
- Materials
- October 28, 2010
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Beaver Creek Watershed Assessment (Presentation by Ashley McFarland, University of Idaho Extension)
- September 23, 2010
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Draft Executive Summary: Temperature TMDL
- Temperature Total Maximum Daily Loads of the Upper (North Fork) Coeur d'Alene River Subbasin (Presentation by Kajsa Stromberg, Idaho DEQ)
- June 24, 2010
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- May 20, 2010
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- March 25, 2010
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- USFS Hiring Notice
- Temperature Status Handout
- Pine Creek Restoration Project: Lessons Learned (Presentation by Mike Stevenson, BLM)
- February 22, 2010
- Special WAG meeting with USFWS regarding bull trout critical habitat designation. For more information, visit USFS Bull Trout Webpage.
- January 28, 2010
- Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- The Challenge of Managing Large Woody Material and Protecting Water Quality in the NF Coeur d'Alene River System (Presentation by Kajsa Stromberg, Idaho DEQ)
2009
- Date
- Materials
- December 9, 2009
- Meeting Notes
- Historical Photographs Presentation
- October 29, 2009
- Meeting cancelled
- August 27, 2009
- Meeting Notes
- DEQ Summer Updates and Monitoring
- Habitat Improvement Project Update
- Project Rating Form
- May 28, 2009
- River Restoration Fundamentals (Presentation by Rob Sampson, Idaho State Conservation Engineer, NRCS)
- Restoration Techniques (Presentation by Dan Guy, Land Reclamation Services Manager)
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene Subbasin - 2009 Project Applications (Presentation by Kajsa Stromberg, Idaho DEQ)
- April 30, 2009
- Meeting Notes
- Flow Data from Enaville Gage Station
- Snowpack and Precipitation Data
- Possible Implications of Idaho Rulemaking for Cadmium and Arsenic in North Fork Coeur d'Alene Subbasin (Presentation by Kajsa Stromberg, Idaho DEQ)
- February 26, 2009
- Meeting Notes
- January 29, 2009
- Meeting Notes
2008
- Date
- Materials
- November 20, 2008
- Meeting Notes
- 319 Grant Schedule
- Log Debris Jam Removal Presentation
- Placer Mining Water Quality Compliance Presentation
- September 24, 3008
- August 20, 2008 Tour Details
- June 18, 2008
- Tour Details
- May 28, 2008
- Meeting Notes
- North Fork Clean-up Flyer
- Flooding Discussion and TMDL Process Presentation
- April 23, 2008
- Meeting Notes
- Protecting Recreational Beneficial Uses in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Subbasin
- WAG Comments on Draft Temperature TMDLs
- Beaver Creek Proposal - Model Watershed Program
- March 26, 2008
- Meeting Notes
- Movement, Mortality and Habitat Use of Coeur d'Alene River Cutthroat Trout (presentation by Ed Lider, USFS)
- March 5, 2008 Stream Permit Workshop
- Permit Information Handout
- Army Corps of Engineers Presentation
- Idaho Department of Lands Presentation
- February 20, 2008
- Meeting Notes
- Implementation Plan Outline
- January 16, 2008
- U.S. Forest Service Projects
- DEQ Beaver Creek Tailings Removal Project Part 1
- DEQ Beaver Creek Tailings Removal Project Part 2
- Temperature TMDL Implementation
- Meeting Notes
- WAG Letters of Support
2007
- Date
- Materials
- November 28, 2007
- Meeting Notes
- Coeur d'Alene River Preservation Committee Announcement
- WAG: Erosion Control Needed Article
- Idaho Statutes Regarding Watershed Advisory Groups
- October 31, 2007
- AUSFS and EPA Memorandum of Agreement on Water Quality - Press Release
- USFS and EPA Memorandum of Agreement on Water Quality
- Land Ownership/Management in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Watershed
- Watershed Planning for Water Quality Improvement
- Funding for Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction
- DEQ Temperature Criteria in the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Subbasin
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Subbasin TMDL Development Update
- Draft 1 North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Temperature TMDLs
- September 17, 2007
- Potential Natural Vegetation
- August 30, 2007
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene Subbasin Water Quality Status Update
- Review of Water Quality/TMDL Basics
- February 28, 2007
- WAG Roles and Responsibilities
- TMDL Introduction and Process
- WPN Hydrology
- WPN Sediment Analysis
- WPN Sediment Sources
- WPN Channel Analysis