August 15, 2025
Contact: Aaron Trevino, TMDL Analyst, Aaron.trevino@deq.idaho.gov
TWIN FALLS — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking a representative from the concentrated animal feeding operation or irrigated agriculture industry to fill a vacancy on the Wood River Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).
The Wood River WAG is a group of citizens from a diverse set of interests dedicated to the successful restoration and protection of the Big Wood River, Little Wood River, and Camas Creek watersheds. These watersheds cover Blaine, Camas, Gooding, and Lincoln counties.
The group meets quarterly, and members are asked to serve at least two-year terms. Responsibilities include:
- Developing water quality improvement plans known as total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs, for streams, lakes, and rivers with degraded water quality conditions within the watershed.
- Helping identify contributing pollution sources in the watershed.
- Recommending specific actions needed to effectively control sources of pollution to the water bodies.
- Helping develop and implement a plan to meet water quality targets identified in the TMDLs.
Anyone interested in serving on the WAG as a representative should contact Aaron Trevino at (208) 736-2190 or aaron.trevino@deq.idaho.gov by 5 p.m. on September 15, 2025, MDT.
The next WAG meeting is scheduled for September 9, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. MDT at the Wood River Canal Company (409 N Apple Street, Shoshone, Idaho). Anyone interested in joining the WAG is encouraged to attend.