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Jack McLaren
Jack began working with the Foundation while an employee with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality in June 2015. A year later, he formally joined the Foundation’s team as a graduate student intern while a Master’s student at Indiana University, and later as a doctoral researcher at Utah State University. After six years of Masters...
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Jack McLaren

Free Island Park Reservoir Map

Background This blog is a how-to for use of a new free bathymetric (depth) and recreation map of Island Park Reservoir. The map is intended to potentially help anglers locate fish and facilitate responsible recreation. We hope this map will increase appreciation of Island Park Reservoir and create awareness of the value of work to fix water quality issues that affect the reservoir, the Henry’s Fork, and the fish and hatches within. Currently, the map is digital-only, but a hard-copy map is in the works! This free map is made possible by Federal and State grants as well as private donations that fund the HFF’s non-profit science and technology program. If you want to support our efforts to provide tools that assist with your fishing day or our programs that address threats to fish and fishing, please consider donating to the Henry’s Fork Foundation here: https://henrysfork.org/donate Directions for use: Dynamic GPS use with Avenza Maps (Apple iPhone and Android) Avenza Maps is a free app that allows users to view maps offline on their smart mobile devices and locate their position using GPS. Users can download maps for use offline, see their location on the map in real time, mark

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Jack McLaren

Island Park Reservoir Oxygenation RFP

One of the objectives of the DIRTT project is to evaluate a project to oxygenate Island Park Reservoir. This could provide a series of benefits to the Henry’s Fork River downstream including: Reduced algae blooms that contribute to turbidity downstream Reduced nutrient concentrations Create opportunities for expanded fisheries within Island Park Reservoir and upstream; fish habitat increases up to 350% for migratory trout and kokanee salmon. To evaluate the costs and benefits of such a large project, the HFF is soliciting help from engineering and limnology firms with experience in lake and reservoir management, oxygenation, and aeration. We’re requesting proposals for an initial technical report on the feasibility of such a project, including conceptual design, budget estimates, and an evaluation of benefits. Full details of our Request for Proposals are available for download here. Please distribute widely. Download Request for Proposal (RFP)

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