The Fifteenth Annual Nonpoint Source Water Quality Monitoring Results Workshop was held January 4-6, 2005, at Boise State University. The purpose of the workshop was to share results of nonpoint source water quality monitoring efforts throughout Idaho. The workshop is an annual event sponsored by the Idaho Departments of Environmental Quality, Fish and Game, Lands, and Agriculture; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Geological Survey; Agricultural Research Service; Electronic Data Solutions; Eco-Analysts, Inc.; and CH2M HILL.

G. Wayne Minshall of Idaho State University was the keynote speaker at the 2005 workshop. He discussed "Nonpoint Source Effects of Fire on Idaho Wilderness Streams: A Long-Term Perspective." Other topics included a proposed statewide fish tissue monitoring program for mercury, temperature and E. coli monitoring in the Boise River Basin, Idaho rural road maintenance best management practices, and historical trends in stream discharge at long-term gaging stations in Idaho. Speakers included representatives of the U.S. Geological Survey, City of Boise, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Water Resources, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho Power Company, and several private sector consulting firms.

Link to 2005 Workshop Program (pdf 92 kb, 6pages)

Link to 2005 Workshop Abstracts (pdf 138 kb, 18 pages)

Link to 2005 Workshop Presentations

The 14th Annual Nonpoint Source Water Quality Monitoring Results Workshop was held January 6-8, 2004, at Boise State University. The keynote speaker was Randy Smith, Director of the U.S. EPA Region 10 Water Quality Division in Seattle. Also on the agenda were panel discussions and presentations by representatives of the Idaho Departments of Environmental Quality, Fish and Game, Water Resources, Agriculture, and Lands, Idaho Soil Conservation Commission, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Nez Perce Tribe, University of Idaho, Idaho State University, and a number of water quality consulting firms.

Topics presented at the workshop included reports on water quality improvement projects in the Upper Owyhee and Mid Snake-Succor TMDL areas in southwest Idaho, the Umatilla and Spokane Rivers, Boise River Basin, Little Wood River and Upper Teton River Subbasins, Cascade Reservoir, Coeur d'Alene Lake and Lake Pend Oreille, and Billingsley, Clear, and Bogus Creeks, and on various water quality assessment, analysis, and modeling tools. Summaries of and links to presentations are included in the abstract document.

Link to 2004 Workshop Agenda

Link to 2004 Workshop Abstracts and Presentations