IDEQ Seeks Middle Snake WAG Representatives for Livestock, Grazing and Recreation by May 15

• April 9, 2026
• News Releases Contact: Tasha Owen, Senior Water Quality Scientist, tasha.owen@deq.idaho.gov

TWIN FALLS – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking representatives to fill two vacancies on the Middle Snake Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).

The Middle Snake WAG is a group of citizens from a diverse set of interests dedicated to successful restoration and protection of the Middle Snake River. The Middle Snake River WAG encompasses one major subbasin, the Upper Snake Rock Subbasin, from which the WAG seeks to have representation.

The WAG is currently seeking a representative from the following interest area:

• Livestock & Grazing

• Recreation
  The group meets quarterly, and responsibilities include working with DEQ on the following deliverables:

• Developing water quality improvement plans known as total maximum daily loads for streams, lakes, and rivers with degraded water quality conditions within the watershed.

• Helping identify contributing pollution sources in the watershed.

• Recommending specific actions needed to effectively control sources of pollution to the water bodies.

• Helping develop and implement a plan to meet water quality targets identified in the TMDLs.
  Anyone interested in serving on the WAG as a representative of the above interest groups should contact Tasha Owen at (208) 736-2190 or tasha.owen@deq.idaho.gov by 5 p.m. MDT on May 15, 2026. The next WAG meeting is scheduled for June 2026, at the Twin Falls Department of Environmental Quality (650 Addison Ave West, Suite 110, Twin Falls, Idaho). Anyone interested in joining the WAG is encouraged to attend.