{"id":45331,"date":"2020-10-27T08:50:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/?p=45331"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:05:47","slug":"our-river-side-channel-dreams-are-becoming-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2020\/10\/27\/our-river-side-channel-dreams-are-becoming-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Our river side-channel dreams are becoming reality!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are SO excited to announce some amazing news for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/science\/river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boise River Research Station<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diane Moore Nature Center<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-44972 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2020\/05\/Planting-Event-Oct-19-2019-3-7-Libby-Burtner.jpg\" alt=\"a group of people stand planting plants underneath cottonwood trees. \" class=\"wp-image-44972\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Volunteers planted more than 1,000 seedlings at our 2019 habitat restoration day. Photo by Libby Burtner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many of you know who have visited our river banding station, there is an old dried up side channel that was cut off from the river and runs the length of our property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve talked for a long time about re-watering this side channel. And now our dream is finally coming true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With engineering support and funding from locally-based tech leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.micron.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Micron Technology<\/a>, a new river side-channel will improve water quality, reduce water temperature, recharge groundwater, improve fish and wildlife habitat, and mitigate flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2020\/10\/IMG_20190422_163950-greg-in-the-office.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Kaltenecker stands in the Intermountain Bird Observatory Offices\" class=\"wp-image-45332\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis incredible gift from Micron will create a lasting legacy for the Treasure Valley that will serve its residents for generations to come, and be the focus of IBO\u2019s education and outreach activities,\u201d said <strong>Gregory Kaltenecker, Diane and Winston Moore Family Endowed Director<\/strong> for IBO. \u201cThe site will become a place to enjoy, learn about, respect and cherish the Boise River.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This incredible gift from Micron will create a lasting legacy for the Treasure Valley that will serve its residents for generations to come<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this gift from Micron, plus funding for trail building from the City of Boise Open Space grant, and your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/give\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donations<\/a> that keep our outreach programming running, our vision for this site is quickly becoming reality!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Construction on the side channel project will begin fall 2021 and is expected to last 4-6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/giving\/ways\/ibo-on-the-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For more details on this exciting news, check out this press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are SO excited to announce some amazing news for our Boise River Research Station&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":27062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boise-river"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our river side-channel dreams are becoming reality! 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