BOISE, Idaho — It is a sign that spring has truly arrived in the Treasure Valley. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started releasing water from Lucky Peak Reservoir as part of their flood risk management plan.
- The annual flood risk management release keeps everyone safe downstream
- The Boise River between Lucky Peak and Diversion Dam acts as a pool during early release
- Boise Board of Control puts the water into the New York canal and then the irrigation districts will start to meet your neighborhood irrigation demands
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
When I stand looking at the flow of water at the Diversion Dam I truly am amazed. When you start talking about the annual release from Lucky Peak Reservoir there is plenty of the “wow” factor. There wouldn’t be a Treasure Valley as we know it, if visionaries didn’t come up with the three-reservoir system, and hundreds of miles of canals feeding the thousands of acres of land.
“With the water coming down, we want to make sure that we’re keeping Boise, and Treasure Valley safe. Christopher Silbernagel is the Operation Project Manager for Lucky Peak Reservoir and says to keep everyone downstream safe they have their…
