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Should Lost Valley Reservoir be Enlarged? August 3, 2016 Outline Brief History Discuss Proposal Next Steps Next Steps Timeline of Lost Valley Reservoir Jun 2, 1993 Application filed Dec 20, 1993

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Should Lost Valley Reservoir be Enlarged?

August 3, 2016

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Outline

 Brief History  Discuss Proposal  Next Steps    Next Steps

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Timeline of Lost Valley Reservoir

 Jun 2, 1993 Application filed  Dec 20, 1993 Protest filed by US Forest Service  Mar 5, 1999 IDWR Prehearing Conference 

Apr 1, 2013 Lost Valley Reservoir Company (LVRC)

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Apr 1, 2013 Lost Valley Reservoir Company (LVRC) signs Agreement with Idaho Water Engineering (IWE)

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2013, 2014 Meetings with USFS, Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Recovery Team and Adams County Commissioners (including one on-site meeting for all, on July 24, 2014)

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Timeline of Lost Valley Reservoir (cont.)

 Sep 14, 2014 Presentations before the Idaho Water

Resource Board Water Storage Project Committee Meeting in Weiser

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Some comments in favor

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Some comments in favor

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One presentation opposed

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Middle Valley Ditch Corp.

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Issues of Concern identified in a letter dated Sep 9, 2014

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Inadequate water for annual fill

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Bypass flows will be required

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High costs of the project – could put the project in financial risk

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Timeline of Lost Valley Reservoir (cont.)

 2015 Efforts to Install Measuring Devices  Apr 29, 2016 Measuring Device installed on Lost Valley

Creek

 Aug 3, 2016 Onsite Meeting     Aug 3, 2016 Onsite Meeting  Oct 25, 2016 Initial Planning Meeting, Adams County

Courthouse

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Proposed Enlagement

 Raise water level by 30 feet  Increase storage from 10,000 acre-feet

to 30,000 acre-feet

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to 30,000 acre-feet

 Provide a minimum pool of 3,000 acre-

feet

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Images from the Water Right Application File

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Composition of Proposal Team

 Lost Valley Reservoir Company  Weiser Basin Water Users  Adams and Washington Counties         Adams and Washington Counties  US Forest Service  Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Recovery Team  Idaho Water Resource Board  USDA – Rural Development  Facilitated by Idaho Water Engineering

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Assistance Needed from the US Forest Service and the Idaho Water Resource Board

 Participate in the proposal development

process as a stakeholder (beneficiary of carry-over pool and higher summer

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carry-over pool and higher summer flows)

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Next Steps

 Initiate a joint process to review reservoir

enlargement, starting on Tuesday, October 25th, at 10 am at Adams County Courthouse

 Discuss recreation, wildlife, fishery and infrastructure   

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 Discuss recreation, wildlife, fishery and infrastructure

alternatives if reservoir is expanded.

 Discuss tradeoffs between moving recreation areas and

providing an increased water supply.

 Discuss potential mitigation strategies for Northern Idaho

Ground Squirrels.

 Result in a proposal for USFS.

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Thank you.

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