St. Joe and St. Maries Rivers Watershed Advisory Group (WAG)
Watershed advisory groups (WAGs) 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.
Content on this page is provided for informational purposes while the St. Joe and St. Maries Rivers Watershed Advisory Group (WAG) and DEQ work to develop a water quality restoration plan (TMDL) to address temperature and sediment exceedance within the watershed. Through this cooperative effort and continued public involvement, DEQ's goal is to develop a comprehensive plan aimed at restoring all beneficial uses within the watershed.
Next Scheduled Meeting Date
Friday, December 16, 2016, 9 to 11 a.m.
St. Maries Fire Station
308 W Jefferson Ave, St. Maries
Agenda
Background
The St. Joe River Subbasin (Hydrologic Unit Code 17010304) is a large watershed composed of both the St. Joe River and the St. Maries River in northern Idaho. The St. Joe River Subbasin lies within the counties of Benewah, Shoshone, Kootenai, Clearwater, and Latah. The subbasin encompasses approximately 1,183,000 acres (1,850 square miles).
The primary land uses of the St. Joe River Subbasin are forestry, recreation, and agriculture. The subbasin is home to the communities of St. Maries, Plummer, Fernwood, Santa, Emida, Clarkia, St. Joe City, Calder, and Avery. The annual weather cycle generally consists of cool to warm summers with cold and wet winters.
Landownership within the subbasin is mixed. The U.S. Forest Service manages approximately 50%, private interests own 40%, and the remainder is managed/owned by the Idaho Department of Lands, Idaho State Parks, Idaho Fish and Game, Bureau of Land Management, and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.
Review Documents
- St. Joe River Subbasin Temperature Total Maximum Daily Loads: Addendum to the St. Joe River Subbasin Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Loads and St. Maries River Subbasin Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Loads
- Tyson and Refro Creeks Bacteria TMDLs: Addendum to the St. Joe River SBA and TMDL and St. Maries SBA and TMDLs
- St. Joe and St. Maries River Subbasin Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load: Five-Year Review
- State of Idaho Bull Trout Conservation Plan
Previous Meetings
- Date
- Materials
- September 16, 2016
- Agenda
- February 19, 2016
- Agenda
- TMDL 2003 Sediment Prioritization
- TMDL Addendum 2011 Temperature Prioritization
- Implementation Prioritization
- Questionnaire Compilation for Actions to Reduce Pollutants
- September 25, 2015
- Agenda
- Shade Deficit 2011 TMDL Addendum with Sediment-Above-Background 2003 TMDL
- Shade Deficit 2011 TMDL Addendum with Sediment-Above-Background 2003 TMDL with Satellite Imagery Background (2013 NAIP)
- Shade Deficit 2011 TMDL Addendum with Sediment-Above-Background 2003 TMDL with a Modified Landcover Background (2011 NLCD)
- Questionnaire for Pollutant Reduction Ideas
- May 29, 2015
- Agenda
Minutes - March 20, 2015
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Class I Streamside Tree Retention Rules
- The Forest Practices Act Streamside Tree Rentention Rule or "Shade Rule"
- December 5, 2014
- Agenda
- Minutes
- NRCS Conservation Work (Presentation by Keith Swallows, NRCS Field Office)
- Coeur d'Alene Lake Management (DEQ presentation)
- Map: 2012 Support Status for Waters Within the St. Joe
- Map: 2012 Integrated Report Categories for Water Within the St. Joe
- Integrated Report Category Descriptions
- St. Joe/St. Maries River WAG Operating Procedures
- St. Joe Bank Inventory
- May 18, 2012
- Agenda
- March 16, 2012
- Agenda
- December 16, 2011
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- October 21, 2011
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- August 18, 2011
- Agenda
- July 15, 2011
- Agenda
- June 17, 2011
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- April 15, 2011
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- March 18, 2011
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- St. Maries Creosote Site Presentation by Sandra Raskell
- February 18, 2011
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- November 19, 2010
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- October 22, 2010
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- September 17, 2010
- Agenda
- Presentation
- IDAH2O Master Water Stewards Presentation
- July 16, 2010
- Agenda
- June 18, 2010
- Agenda
- WAG Operating Procedures
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- Coeur d'Alene Lake Management Plan Presentation
- May 21, 2010
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- Assessment Unit (AU) use support classification in the St. Joe subbasin from 1998 through present
- State and federal temperature criteria applicable in the St. Joe River Subbasin
- April 16, 2010
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- March 19, 2010
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ
- February 26, 2010
- Agenda
- Presentation by Tyson Clyne, Idaho DEQ