implement best management practices to improve riparian habitat and upland conditions within the...

Implement Best Management Practices to Improve RiparianHabitat and Upland Conditions within the Medicine Lodge Creek

Watershed

Project No. 33007

Sponsor:Clark Soil Conservation District

In coordination with:Idaho Soil Conservation Commission, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Idaho Department of Fish & Game, Office of Species Conservation, IdahoDepartment of Environmental Quality, Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau

of Land Management, Forest Service, Clark County Weed Control Department,Continental Divide WAG, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Fort hall)…

Primary Objective: Improve riparian habitat for Yellowstone cutthroat trout

Primary Tasks:

FY 2003 – 2007: Develop conservation plans & management strategies to improve riparian and upland conditions (includes weed management area objectives),

FY 2003: Evaluate west fork Irving creek reach conditions to develop feasible restoration actions

FY 2004 – 2007: Install (apply) BMPs & management strategies

FY 2004 – Ongoing: Evaluate BMP & management effectiveness

FY 2004 – Ongoing: Report activities & progress, educate public