In 2018, the Henry’s Fork Foundation began its Precision Management program. The motto for this program is “every drop, every day,…
Summary. New research by HFF scientists and interns demonstrates how adopting center-pivot sprinkler irrigation over the last 40 years…
Throughout August-September, there tends to be a lot of rooted aquatic plant (macrophyte) growth. These plants grow rapidly as they…
The Henry’s Fork is unique in that summer water temperatures between Island Park Dam and Pinehaven are affected more by air temperatures…
Why do you sometimes see fields being irrigated (watered) while it is raining? Isn’t this a waste of valuable water? This question is…
If the Henry’s Fork Foundation (HFF) is doing work on the South Fork, doesn’t that take away from the Henry’s Fork? This is absolutely a…
What is Snow-Water Equivalent (SWE)? When it comes to how snow will benefit the river, looks can be deceiving. That’s why we report…
What do you say when your best friend calls and asks you to be part of a plan he hatched for his daughter’s sixteenth birthday? His gift to her, in abstract, was a fishing experience that would be forever connected to this milestone day. I was asked to be part of the expedition because my friend is a novice angler with no knowledge or experience fishing the Henry’s Fork River.
This information was first published in an HFF blog by Christina Morrisett and Rob Van Kirk in 2015. When does the river freeze? As far…
Highlights: The lower river between St. Anthony and Parker is an important summer management lever for Island Park Reservoir. The Drought…
What is the state of the drought in the Henry’s Fork Watershed? As of early April, water year precipitation sat at 79% of average (21%…
Highlights Aquatic macroinvertebrates—insects and other creatures that live in the stream bottom—feed trout and are the basis of…
Winter flow at Island Park Dam is the single biggest management factor determining trout recruitment in the Henry’s Fork downstream of…
Diversion from the Henry’s Fork has decreased 30% over the past 40 years, yet consumptive use of water by crops has increased, there is…
Timing of snowmelt runoff affects river ecology, trout behavior, fishing experience, and mid-summer streamflow in natural and regulated…
By Christina Morrisett and Rob Van Kirk During the Thanksgiving Holiday, we received a number of calls from concerned anglers about low…
