May 29, 2025
Contact: Tasha Owen, Senior Water Quality Scientist, tasha.owen@deq.idaho.gov
TWIN FALLS — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking representatives from conservation, livestock and grazing, and recreation groups, or current Middle Snake Regional Water Resource Commission members to join the Middle Snake Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).
The Middle Snake WAG is a group of citizens from a diverse set of interests dedicated to successful restoration and protection of the Middle Snake River. The Middle Snake River WAG encompasses the Upper Snake Rock Subbasin, from which the group seeks representation. The group meets quarterly and works with DEQ on the following deliverables:
- Developing water quality improvement plans known as total maximum daily loads 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 as a representative of the above interest groups should contact Tasha Owen at (208) 736-2190 or tasha.owen@deq.idaho.gov by 5 p.m. MDT on August 29, 2025. The next WAG meeting is scheduled for August 2025 at DEQ’s Twin Falls office (650 Addison Ave West, Suite 110, Twin Falls, Idaho). Anyone interested in joining the WAG is encouraged to attend.