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Boise River Flow Increasing May 19 to Benefit Salmon

Media Contact: Kelly Bridges, (208) 378-5101, 05/18/2016 15:01
Brian Sauer

For Release: May 18, 2016

BOISE, Idaho – The Bureau of Reclamation will increase flow from Lucky Peak Dam on the Boise River beginning Thursday, May 19. The discharge will increase 500 cubic feet per second both Thursday and Friday, and result in flow of approximately 2,800 cfs through the city of Boise as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauging station.

The water will continue to be fast and cold. Please stay out of the river and use caution when recreating near the river.

This increase in flow will provide additional water for salmon migration in the lower Snake and Columbia rivers in accordance with NOAA Fisheries 2008 Upper Snake Biological Opinion, under the Endangered Species Act.

Visit Reclamation’s Pacific Northwest Region Hydromet website for river and reservoir data at http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/index.html.

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Relevant Link:

http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/index.html