Control Room Complete. Valves, Control Panel Installed and working
Valve Array
Testing
The footing of the old dam and the new River Park Feature top left.
Dam and Wave Shaper Two
The entire structure.
Looking NE.
Boise River Park.
Close up. Boise River Park.
The shorter dam with a black square next to it. The other is a part of the dam for controlling the pool height.
Nice touch.
Finishing touches on the upstream end.
Wave Shaper Three raised and closed.
The Dams are out and the water is back in the semi-natural riverbed. In these photos the low water feature, Wave Shaper Three is closed. More Photos of the entire contruction phase.
Wave Shaper Three loaded with 120,000 pounds of cement. Passed with flying colors.
Wave Shaper Three runout. Riverbed in place and grouted.
Project Manager, Walt McBrier looking at the results.
Walt McBrier, McAlvain Const. and Jo Cassin of Idaho River Sports.
Just waiting to remove the portable dam in the background.
The large black shape in the center of the picture is the highwater feature.
Innovative Rock and Water putting the finishing touches on the islands.
The riverbed placed and grouted.
Custom rock work. A good launch point and only accessible by water.
Part of this will be submerged and provide a perfect launch point.
Inland Crane doing the heavy work.
Inflated and tested. The steel brackets are temporary and will be removed.
Controls the amount of water flowing over the wave shaper.
Controls the angle of the Wave Shaper.
The River Park itself isn't part of this plan. These plans feature new ponds, more islands, 31st St. becomes Whitewater Parkway, access to the riverbank and a festival lawn!
Snotel forecasts, water outlook, snotel snow reports go off line. The message on the NRCS site:
"Because of security concerns raised by our national office, the web page you are trying to access will be down until the concerns have been addressed. We are trying to address these security issues by January 6th. However, some web pages may be down as long as January 20th. We will do our best to have the water supply outlook reports available by January 6th.
Video showing the working model and the ongoing construction at the river site. The river phase of the project is on schedule to be completed Jan. 15, 2012. You can walk up the Green Belt from the end of Adams St. off 36th st in Garden City to see the construction. Happy New Year.
Progress on the Boise Whitewater Park continues throught Christmas. Fondations are pored and in place for the wave shaper and the diversion. The Greenbelt detour is still in effect. Crews are working hard.
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Workers continue to work through the holiday season and is on track to meet the spring runoff.
HR 2578 proposes to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to inundate part of the Merced River in California. The proposed legislation would modify the Wild and Scenic River to allow for the expansion of Lake McClure behind the New Exchequer Dam. If passed, this will be the first time that a Wild and Scenic designation has been eroded to make room for development. The Merced is the river that flows through the Yosemite Valley, though the affected reach is miles downstream.
Video showing the working model and the ongoing construction at the river site. The river phase of the project is on schedule to be completed Jan. 15, 2012. You can walk up the Green Belt from the end of Adams St. off 36th st in Garden City to see the construction. Happy New Year.
