POCATELLO — Thousands of recreational enthusiasts descend upon Mink Creek, near Pocatello, every summer. With the discovery that the creek and its tributaries contain high levels of E.coli, the U.S. Forest Service Caribou-Targhee National Forest (USFS) — aided by researchers at the University of Idaho — were on the hunt to solve a mystery: Who or what is contaminating the water? In the summer of 2018, in order to create an effective management plan around Mink Creek, the USFS. began to address the question. Through the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ), the USFS discovered...…POCATELLO — Thousands of recreational enthusiasts descend upon Mink Creek, near Pocatello, every summer. With the discovery that the creek and its tributaries contain high levels of E.coli, the U.S. Forest Service Caribou-Targhee National Forest (USFS) — aided by researchers at the University of Idaho — were on the hunt to solve a mystery: Who or what is contaminating the water? In the summer of 2018, in order to create an effective management plan around Mink Creek, the USFS. began to address the question. Through the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ), the USFS discovered...WW…
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