THORN CREEK PROJECT FUNDED
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The targeted area is agricultural land of the Thorn Creek and Preacher
Creek drainages of the Big Wood River, located within Gooding County.
Excessive levels
of phosphorus and bacteria in Thorn Creek are delivered directly to the Big Wood River, which is TMDL listed for sediment,
nutrients, ammonia, dissoved oxygen, bacteria, and flow alteration. The watershed treatment
through this project will increase irrrigation
application efficiences through conversion
from surface to sprinkler systems, and installation of fencing to facilitate livestock grazing
management
systems. The initial phase of the project will treat 352 acres of critical agrictultural lands.
Cost-sharing for installation
Best Mangement Practices will be provided
by EQIP through the NRCS Cooperative conservaiton Partnership Initiative program.
Project
outreach and administration funding will be provided from the SCC Water Quality Program for Agriculture.
