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Robert Steed

DEQ Coeur d'Alene

Regional Office

2110 Ironwood Pkwy.
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
ph: (208) 769-1422
fx: (208) 769-1404

 

About DEQ's Coeur d'Alene Region:

Kootenai and Moyie Rivers
Watershed Advisory Group (WAG)

 
 Upcoming Meeting Date
To Be Announced
 
 Background
The TMDLs for the Kootenai and Moyie Rivers were approved January 2007 by the U.S. EPA.
Kootenai and Moyie River Subbasin Assessments and Total Maximum Daily Loads
 
The Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative members served as the WAG for development for this TMDL.
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative
 
 Technical Information

Blue Joe Creek Metals Analysis Memorandum

(pdf 765 kb, 13 pages)

 
 Stressor Identifications in the Kootenai and Moyie Watershed

 Draft 2009 Stressor Identifications

Stream Name
Assessment Unit
Likely Cause of Impairment

1st and 2nd order

tributaries to Kootenai

River between Shorty's

Island and Canadian border

Flow, habitat alteration, and possibly sediment

Grass Creek headwaters and

tributaries

Flow alteration, temperature, and sediment

Parker Creek lower section

located in Kootenai River

valley (Ag area)

Habitat alteration and sediment

Trout Creek lower section

located in Kootenai River

valley (Ag area)

Habitat alteration and sediment

Ball Creek lower section

located in Kootenai River

valley (Ag area)

Habitat alteration and sediment

Dodge Creek from South

Fork Dodge Creek to

McArthur Lake

Habitat alteration and sediment

Brown Creek from

confluence with Twentymile

Creek to Deep Creek

Flow, habitat alteration, and sediment

Lower Cow Creek (Cow

Creek near Bonners Ferry)

Sediment, lack of flow, temperature
Boulder Creek Temperature (if condition exists)
Brush Creek Flow alteration and temperature
Meadow Creek Sediment, possibly temperature, fish barriers, and heavy metal toxicity
 
Send comments to Robert Steed (208) 769-1422.



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