Reports and Publications Library
We are currently undertaking a large project to make all reports and papers produced, co-authored, or funded by HFF and its staff–dating back to the 1980s–available online to the public. Until we are able to finish that project, numerous requests for our recent work have led us to post some of it here, organized by the four major subject areas of our science and technology work: hydrology and water management, aquatic ecology and water quality, fisheries biology and management, and social science and economics.
All documents linked fall into four categories: peer-reviewed papers, theses, editor-reviewed publications, and reports. Click on the subject below to view all related reports and papers.
C. Morrisett, R. Van Kirk, and others. 2024. Can Agricultural Managed Aquifer Recharge (Ag-MAR) Recover Return Flows Under Prior Appropriation in a Warming Climate? Water Resources Research. (Peer reviewed, open access).
C. Morrisett, R. Van Kirk, and others. 2023. The irrigation efficiency trap: rational farm-scale decisions can lead to poor hydrologic outcomes at the basin scale. Frontiers in Environmental Science. (Peer reviewed, open access).
C. Morrisett and others. 2023. Assessing downstream aquatic habitat availability relative to headwater reservoir management in the Henrys Fork Snake River. River Research and Applications. (Peer reviewed, open access)
L. Bernier. 2020. Glossary of hydrology and water management terms. (HFF report.)
R. Van Kirk. 2020. Analysis of water balance in the Henry’s Fork Watershed. (HFF report.)
R. Van Kirk and others. 2020. Potential for managed aquifer recharge to enhance fish habitat in a regulated river. Water 12:673. (Peer reviewed, open access.)
C. Morrisett and others. 2019. Lower Henry’s Fork Hydrology and Habitat Assessment. (Report to Federal Highway Administration and other agencies.)
E.Todd. 2019. Modeling water conservation prioritization in the Henry’s Fork Watershed. (Senior honors thesis at Washington and Lee University)
R. Van Kirk and others. 2019. New approaches to providing streamflow for fisheries in the American West: Embracing prior appropriation and the marketplace. (Peer reviewed, restricted access. Electronic reprints can be ordered from the American Fisheries Society bookstore, or you can request a hard copy from rob@henrysfork.org.)
Fremont-Madison Irrigation District and others. 2018. Henry’s Fork Drought Management Plan, 2018 revision plus scientific appendices. (Collaborative report.)
CH2M and HFF. 2016. Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA): Review of Comprehensive Managed Aquifer Recharge Program. (Report to Idaho Water Resource Board)
K. Boggs and others. 2014. Forecast of natural aquifer discharge using a data-driven statistical approach. Groundwater 52:853-863. (Peer reviewed, restricted access. If you do not have access via a subscription or library, you can request a copy from rob@henrysfork.org.)
J. McLaren and others. 2021. Drought and drawdown create a house of horrors: Shrinking habitat potentially impacts fish populations in a river-reservoir system in Idaho. NALMS LakeLine Magazine Fall 2021: 36-39. (Editor-reviewed publication.)
M. Muradian and others. 2020. Water Quality in the Upper Henry’s Fork: 2014-2019. Results from Water Quality Monitoring and Invertebrate Sampling at Flat Rock. (HFF report.)
Intermountain Aquatics. 2019. Lower Henry’s Fork Wetland Mitigation Prioritization. (Report to Federal Highway Administration and other agencies.)
J. McLaren and others. 2019. Management and limnology interact to drive water temperature patterns in a Middle Rockies river-reservoir system. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 55:1323-1334. (Peer reviewed, restricted access. If you do not have access via a subscription or library, you can request a copy from rob@henrysfork.org.)
R. Van Kirk and J. Vincent. 2019. Henrys Lake Water Quality and Limnology Investigation. (Report to Idaho Fish and Game Commission.)
M. Muradian and R. Van Kirk. 2017. Costs, benefits, and challenges of establishing and maintaining real-time instrumentation that can be used to inform management and educate stakeholders. Wild Trout XII Symposium Proceedings. (Editor-reviewed publication.)
R. Van Kirk. 2015. Analysis of Flow Fluctuations Downstream of Ashton Dam. (HFF report.)
McLaren, J.S., Van Kirk, R.W., Mabaka, A.J., Brothers, S. and Budy, P. 2023, Drawdown, Habitat, and Kokanee Populations in a Western U.S. Reservoir. North American Journal of Fish Management. (Peer reviewed, restricted access. If you do not have access via a subscription or library, you can request a copy from rob@henrysfork.org.)
J. Hansen and R. Van Kirk. 2018. A mark-recapture-based approach for estimating angler harvest. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38:400-410. (Peer reviewed, restricted access. If you do not have access via a subscription or library, you can request a copy from rob@henrysfork.org.)
Z. Kuzniar and others. 2017. Seasonal effects of macrophyte growth on rainbow trout habitat availability and selection in a low-gradient, groundwater-dominated river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 26:653-665. (Peer reviewed, restricted access. If you do not have access via a subscription or library, you can request a copy from rob@henrysfork.org.)
B. Oldemeyer and others. 2017. Long-term effectiveness of flow management and fish passage on the Henrys Fork rainbow trout population. Wild Trout XII Symposium Proceedings. (Editor-reviewed publication.)
C. Morrisett. 2016. Buffalo River Fish Ladder 2006-2016 Comprehensive Report. (HFF Report.)
R. Van Kirk and others. 2010. Modeling competition and hybridization between native cutthroat trout and nonnative rainbow and hybrid trout. Journal of Biological Dynamics 4:158-175. (Peer reviewed, open access.)
Van Kirk. R. and M. Gamblin. 2000. History of Fisheries Management in the Upper Henry’s Fork Watershed. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 6:263-284.
R. Van Kirk and others. 2020. The Economic Value of Fishing in the Henrys Fork Watershed. (HFF Report)
R. Van Kirk and others. 2019. Floater Use of the Big Springs National Recreation Water Trail. (HFF Report)
J. Laatsch and others. 2017. Angler perception of fishing experience in a highly technical catch-and-release fishery: How close does perception align with biological reality? Wild Trout XII Symposium Proceedings. (Editor-reviewed publication.)
M. Baker and others. 2014. Patterns of irrigated agricultural land conversion in a Western U.S. watershed: Implications for landscape-level water management and land-use planning. Society and Natural Resources An International Journal 27:1145-1160. (Peer reviewed, restricted access. If you do not have access via a subscription or library, you can request a copy from rob@henrysfork.org.)
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