OUR GEM: North Idaho Green Summit

OUR GEM: North Idaho Green Summit

Written by Woody Wood, Outreach and Education Coordinator for Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, lake enthusiast, and Green Summit presenter. Are you ready to Summit? When my youngest was in Scouts, one of our summer adventures was a supported hike of the Seven Summits; We journeyed over 50 miles from Nettleton Gulch, on the east side of Coeur d’Alene, to Farragut State Park on the southern end of Lake Pend Oreille. Along the way, we hiked to the top of…

Wolf Lodge sampling, photo provided by Todd Higens, IDEQ.

OUR GEM: Understanding Water Quality Monitoring on Coeur d’Alene Lake

By Meg Wolf, Assistant Director of Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; Craig Cooper, Limnologist with Idaho Department of Environmental Quality; and Dale Chess, Senior Lake Limnologist with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. Monitoring the health of Coeur d’Alene Lake is a collaborative effort involving multiple organizations, each contributing important pieces to the bigger picture of the lake’s condition. Four key groups — the United States Geologic Survey (USGS), the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ), the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, and volunteers…

IWRRI Director and Assistant Director Attend NIWR

IWRRI Director and Assistant Director Attend NIWR Director Kendra Kaiser and Assistant Director Meg Wolf traveled to Washington, D.C., in February to attend the National Institute for Water Resources (NIWR) annual meeting. This meeting, which brought together water research institutes from across every state and territory, provided an opportunity to hear about water research and engagement activities across the country and allowed IWRRI to connect and collaborate on regional hydrology-related research activities, especially with colleagues in Washington, Oregon, Alaska and…