Key Reference Reports & Papers

Baldwin, J., B. Wicherski, C. Cody, and R. Taylor. 2004. Evaluation of water quality impacts associated with FMC and Simplot phosphate ore processing facilities, Pocatello, Idaho. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. Boise, Idaho. 101 pp.

Barton, G. J. 2004. Surface and Groundwater Relations on the Portneuf River and Temporal Changes in Groundwater Levels in the Portneuf Valley, Caribou and Bannock Counties, Idaho 2001-2002. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Report 2004-5170. 50 pp.

Bechtold, H. A., A.M. Marcarelli, C.V. Baxter, R.S. Inouye. 2012. Effects of N, P, and organic carbon on stream biofilm nutrient limitation and uptake in a semi-arid watershed. Limnology and Oceanography 57:1544-1554.

Brock, J. T. and A. M. Ray. 2004. Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Lower Portneuf River Monitoring Project. Submitted to U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Watershed Restoration Unit, Seattle, Washington. Approved 23 July 2004.

Caribou Soil and Water Conservation District. 1993. Upper Portneuf River Channel State Agricultural Water Quality Program Project. 

Chen, Songquio. 2001. Hydrogeochemical Studies of the Portneuf River, Southeastern Idaho. ISU Dissertation.

Clark, G. M. 1994. Assessment of selected constituents in surface water of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, Water Years 1975-1989. U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations Report 93-4229, Boise, ID.

Clark, G. M. 1997. Assessment of nutrients, suspended sediment, and pesticides in surface water of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, Water Years 1991–1995. U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations Report 97-4020, Boise, ID.

CH2M Hill, 1996a. Portneuf River Restoration Environmental Assessment.

CH2M Hill, 1996b. Portneuf River Flood Control Project Modification Report.

Capurso, J. (unpublished report). Caribou-Targhee National Forest 2001 Westside Ranger District Fish Distribution Surveys from USDA Forest Service Files.

Correll, D. 1998. The role of phosphorus in the eutrophication of receiving waters: a review. Journal of Environmental Quality 27:261-266.

Cusak, Chase. 2016. Characterizing Seasonal Sediment Transport Dynamics in Marsh Creek, Southeast Idaho. ISU Master’s Thesis.

Earl, S. E., H. M. Valett, and J. R. Webster. 2006. Nitrogen saturation in stream ecosystems. Ecology 87:3140-3151.

Feldman C.J. and C.R. Peterson. Poster Presentation on the Distribution of Native Riverine Fishes in the Portneuf Drainage. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.

Hopkins, J. M., A.M. Marcarelli, and H.A. Bechtold. 2011. Ecosystem Structure and Function are Complementary Measures of Water Quality in a Polluted, Spring-Influenced River. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, V 214 Issue 1. pp 409-421.

Fore, L. and W. Bollman. 2000. Stream habitat index in Idaho stream ecological assessment framework: an integrated approach, C. Grafe, editor. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. Boise, Idaho. 107 pp.

Fore, L. S. and C. Grafe. 2002a. Using diatoms to assess the biological condition of large rivers in Idaho (USA). Freshwater Biology 47:2015-2037.

Fore, L. S. and C. S. Grafe. 2002b. River diatom index in Idaho river ecological assessment framework: an integrated approach, C. Grafe, editor. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. Boise, Idaho. 232 pp.

Grafe, C. S.(editor). 2002. Idaho River Ecological Assessment Framework: an Integrated Approach. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality; Boise, Idaho. 304 pp.

Grafe, C. S., C. A. Mebane, M. J. McIntyre, D. A. Essig, D. H. Brandt, and D. T. Mosier. 2002. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Water Body Assessment Guidance, Second Edition-Final. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality; Boise, Idaho. 232 pp.

Guillinger, James. 2017. Appraisal of suspended sediment sources and fluxes in Marsh Creek, SE Idaho: complexities revealed by high-resolution spatial and temporal data. ISU Dissertation. 

Hayden Survey. 1871. 

Heinrich, Kaleb. 2015. Multiple Stressors and Multiple Invaders in Linked Stream-Riparian Ecosystems: Combined Research and Pedagogy Contributions. ISU Dissertation. 

Honious, Hale, Guilinger, Crosby, and Baxter. 2021. Turbidity Structures the Controls of Ecosystem Metabolism and Associated Metabolic Process Domains Along a 75-km Segment of a Semiarid Stream. Ecosystems. 

Hopkins, J. M. 2007. Spatial and temporal evaluation of macroinvertebrate communities in the Portneuf River, Idaho & an inquiry-based field and laboratory exercise on in-stream leaf litter decay. Doctor of Arts Dissertation, Idaho State University, 185 pp.

Hopkins JH, Marcarelli AM, and Bechtold HA. 2011. Ecosystem structure and function are complementary measures of water quality in a polluted, spring-influenced river. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 214: 409-421.

Huang, Liao, Lohse, Larson, Fragkias, Lybecker, Baxter. 2019. Land conservation can mitigate freshwater ecosystem services degradation due to climate change in a semiarid catchment: The case of the Portneuf River catchment, Idaho, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 1796-1809.

IASCD, Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts. 2001-2008. Portneuf River Subbasin water quality monitoring reports.

IDEQ, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 1999. Portneuf River TMDL Water Body Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load. Pocatello, Idaho. 249 p. Approved April 2001.

IDEQ, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 2001. Portneuf River TMDL February 2001 Addendum: Chapter 4 (Management Actions and Implementation) and Response to EPA Review Comments  

IDEQ, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 1999. 2010. Portneuf River TMDL Revision and Addendum. Idaho DEQ. Pocatello Regional Office. Pocatello, ID. February.

IDEQ, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 2003. Portneuf River Subbasin Water Quality Monitoring Report May 2000-April 2003   

IDEQ, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 2003. Portneuf River TMDL Implementation Plan  

IDEQ, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 2007. Upper Portneuf River Fish Tissue and Water Column Mercury Sampling Results 2007. Pocatello, Idaho. 9 pp.

IDEQ, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. 2010. Portneuf River Subbasin Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Loads  

Interagency Committee on Water Data, 1981. Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency, Bulletin # 17B of the Hydrology Subcommittee. U.S. Department of the Interior, Reston, VA.

Jungwirth, M., S. Muhar, and S. Schmutz. 2000. Fundamentals of fish ecological integrity and their relation to the extended serial discontinuity concept. Hydrobiologia 422/423: 85-97.

Layhee, Sepulveda, Ray, Mladenka, and Van Every. 2015. Ecological relevance of current water quality assessment unit designations in impaired rivers. Science of the Total Environment 536, 198-205.

Macek, Hale, and Baxter. 2020. Dry Wetlands: Nutrient Dynamics in Ephemeral Constructed Stormwater Wetlands. Environmental Management. 65:32-45 

Marcarelli, A.M., R.W. Van Kirk and C.V. Baxter. 2010. Predicting effects of hydrologic alteration and climate change on ecosystem metabolism in a western U.S. river. Ecological Applications 20(8):2081–2088.

Marcarelli, A. M., H. A. Bechtold, A. T. Rugenski, and R. S. Inouye. 2009. Nutrient limitation of biofilm biomass and metabolism in the Upper Snake River basin, southeast Idaho, USA. Hydrobiologia doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9615-6.

Mebane, C. A., T. R. Maret, R. M. Hughes. 2003. An Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) for the Pacific Northwest rivers. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:239-261.

Mende, J. 1989. Portneuf River Assessment. Job Completion Report for 1986-1988. Project F-71-R-12, Subproject III, Job No. 4. Idaho Department of Fish and Game in Cooperation with Idaho State University. Pocatello, Idaho. 60 pp.

Mende, J., C. Rawlins, P. Burnett, and R. Scully. 2000. Regional fisheries management investigations Southeast Region (Subprojects I-F, II-F, III-F, IV-F). Idaho Department of Fish and Game Report No. 00-04. Boise, Idaho. 68 pp.

Meese, Graham. 2018.  Farmers, Fences, and Fine Sediment: Using Long-Term Water Quality Data and Aerial Imagery to Quantify the Impact of Best Management Practices in Marsh Creek, ID.  ISU Dissertation.

Merrell, J.E. and O.L. Onstott. 1965. Reconnaissance Report of Erosion and Sedimentation in the Portneuf River Basin, Idaho. U.S. Dept. Agric., Soil Conserv. Serv.

Meyer, K. A., D. J. Schill, F. S. Elle, W. C. Schrader, and J. A. Lamansky, Jr. 2001. Native species investigations. Idaho Department of Fish and Game Report No. 01-45. 35 pp.

Mineau, M.M., C.V. Baxter, A.M. Marcarelli. 2011. A non-native riparian tree (Elaeagnus angustifolia) changes nutrient dynamics in streams. Ecosystems 14: 353-365.

Minshall, G. W. and D. A. Andrews. 1973. An ecological investigation of the Portneuf River, Idaho: a semiarid-land stream subjected to pollution. Freshwater Biology 3:1-30.

Mohr, R.E. 1968. Survey of the fishes of the Portneuf River and its tributaries. Unpublished M.Sc. Thesis, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.

Norvitch and Larson. 1970. A reconnaissance of the Water Resources in the Portneuf River Basin, Idaho. United States Geological Survey in Cooperation with Idaho Department of Reclamation.

Perry, J. A. and W. H. Clark. 1990. Groundwater classification through spring chemistry: the lower Portneuf River, Southeastern Idaho, Journal of the Idaho Academy of Sciences 26:55-71.

Ray. Mebane, Irvine, and Marcarelli. 2014. Evaluation of a combined macrophyte-epiphyte bioassay for assessing nutrient enrichment in the Portneuf River, Idaho USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

Resh, V. H. 2008. Which group is best? Attributes of different biological assemblages used in freshwater biomonitoring programs. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 138, 131–138.

Rowe, M., D. Essig, and B. Jessup. 2003. Guide to selection of sediment targets for use in Idaho TMDLs. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. Boise, Idaho. 83 p.

Royer, T. V. and C. A. Mebane. 2002. River Macroinvertebrate Index in Idaho River Ecological Framework: an Integrated Approach C. S. Grafe, editor. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality; Boise, Idaho.

Royer, T. V., C. T. Robinson, and G. W. Minshall. 2001. Development of a macroinvertebrate-based index for bioassessment of Idaho Rivers. Environmental Management 27:627–636.

Sukow, Jennifer. 2021. Groundwater Resources in Marsh Valley, Bannock County, Idaho. Idaho Department of Water Resources. 

Thomas, C.A. and Lamke, R.D. 1962. Floods of February 1962 in Southern Idaho and Northeastern Nevada. Geological Survey Circular 467, WA.

Thompson, Garrett. 2021. A comparison of 2-D Versus 2-D/3-D Numerical Models of an Oxbow Reconnection on the Portneuf River.

U.S. Army Engineer District Portland, 1947. City-USACE correspondence

U.S. Army Engineer District Portland, 1950. Columbia River and Tributaries, Northwestern United States. 81st Congress, House Document 531. Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla (NWW), 1964. General Design Memorandum, Flood Control Project, Portneuf River, Idaho, Pocatello Unit. Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla (NWW), 1966. General Design Memorandum, Flood Control Project, Portneuf River, Idaho, Pocatello Unit. Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla NWW. 1968. Detailed Project Report, Flood Control Project, Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, Portneuf River. Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla NWW. 1968. Operation and Maintenance Manual, Portneuf River Flood Control Project, Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla NWW. 1969. Portneuf River, Idaho, Flood Control Construction Plans, Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla (NWW), 1970. A History of the Walla Walla District, 1948-1970.

U.S. Army Engineer District Portland, 1950. Columbia River and Tributaries, Northwestern United States. 81st Congress, House Document 531. Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla NWW. 1985. Pocatello River Basin Survey Report, Walla, Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla NWW. 1992. Pocatello Flood Control Channel, Portneuf River, Pocatello, Idaho. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Appraisal Study, Inspection of Completed Works, Walla, Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla NWW, 1997. Portneuf River Section 1135: Channel Restoration Plan, Project Modification Report. Walla Walla, WA.

U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla NWW, 2012. Annual Peak Frequency Discharge Curve, Portneuf River at Pocatello, ID. Walla Walla, WA.

United States Forest Service, 2010. Lower Portneuf Watershed Analysis.  

US Department of the Interior. Geology and Ground-Water Resources of the Snake River Plain in Southeastern Idaho. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 774. 

United States Geological Survey. 1938. Summary of Floods in the United States, 1962. Supply Paper 1820.

Van Kirk, R. and A. Jenkins. 2005. Hydrologic alteration in the upper Teton watershed and its implications for cutthroat trout restoration. Project completion report for Friends of the Teton River, Driggs, ID. Department of Mathematics, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID. 72 pp.

Vinson, D. K. and S. R. Rushforth. 1989. Diatom species composition along a thermal gradient in the Portneuf River, Idaho, USA. Hydrobiologia 185:41-54.

Walker, M.J. Flandro, K., Bechtold, H.A. and C.V. Baxter. 2008. Consequences of Recreational Land-Use for Small Urban Fringe Watersheds: Are We Loving Them to Death?

Wilhelm, C. P. 2006. Assessing phosphorus inputs in the lower Portneuf River through the measurement of macrophyte biomass. Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science 42:32-40.

Zaroban, D. W., M. P. Mulvey, T.R. Maret, R. M. Hughes, and G. D. Merritt. 1999. Classification of species attributes for Pacific Northwest Freshwater Fishes. Northwest Science 73:81-93.