The east pine fish passage project is located at river mile 4.3 on east pine creek, a tributary to pine creek and is approximately 1.5 miles northeast of halfway, or

The section of east pine creek associated with this project has three diversions that are listed as fish passage barriers on the 2019 odfw fish passage priority list. A total of four irrigation ditches are connected to these diversions, none of which have fish screens. East pine creek is designated as critical habitat for bull trout and is part of a core recovery area ranked as a focal area for bull trout recovery actions. This project proposes to combine the diversions into one consolidated point of diversion (POD 10.2 CFS total). The new POD will include a concrete intake structure, head gate, buried pipeline, and rotary drum fish screen. Two of the existing diversion structures will be removed and replaced with engineered riffle structures to pass native migratory fish, specifically bull trout. Additional projects associated with this project site (not part of this application) include the removal of the third diversion barrier in 2025 and water efficiency projects on three of the four irrigation ditches (2022 through 2025). This project is a joint effort between the eagle valley swcd and idaho power company (IPC) with additional assistance provided by U.S. Fish and wildlife service (USFWS) partners for fish and wildlife program, as well as the national fish passage program. The project has full support and participation from landowners and ditch users.