Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission

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Minidoka-Cassia Groundwater Awareness event in Heyburn!
📅When: May 20, 2026 | 12-6 PM
📍Where: South Central Public Health District (485 22nd St., Heyburn, ID)

Stop by anytime during the event to get:
💧Free nitrate screening for private well owners
💧Educational handouts and presentations
💧Free bacteria sample bottles and nitrate fact sheets

South Central Public Health District
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Idaho Rural Water Association

Our latest story for the Conservation Commission is about a super-cool fish-enhancement project on hallowed ground below the junction of Kenney Creek and the Lemhi River ... thanks to landowners Cecil and Judi Bailey-Jackson and the Lemhi Soil and Water Conservation District for their leadership on this project! https://swc.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026_05-May-Newsletter.pdf

The project was installed on the Lemhi River very close to the birthplace of Sacajawea!

Congratulations to North Idaho STEM Charter School!

USDA has opened up a Second Enrollment period for CREP signups, starting on April 9 through May 1st. This follows a very strong enrollment period in recent weeks in which producers were signed up for 38 contracts covering 102 fields and 3,243 acres of cropland!

Please contact Rob Sharpnack, Idaho CREP Manager, on our staff for more information ... [email protected]

Our latest story for the Conservation Commission is about the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, otherwise known as CREP. Enrollment for the program is open through March 20, 2026.

Here's the story:https://swc.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026_03-March-Newsletter.pdf

The CREP program is one way that farmers can reduce their consumption of groundwater for irrigation and get paid for it on a per-acre basis. See map for eligible counties.

A "Perfect Storm" of current factors at play in the Ag sector, including low crop prices, a potential water-short drought year coming up in the summer of 2026, and the need for some farmers who irrigate with groundwater to reduce their consumption as part of the 2024 Water Settlement Agreement, could all potentially make the CREP program more appealing for producers in Southern Idaho.

Click on the story for more details.

Great information, thank you!

There is a significant level of misinformation and misunderstanding about cloud seeding in Idaho.

Make sure you know the facts:
💧Exclusively between October and April
💧Storms are not created by cloud seeding – existing winter storms are required
💧Only high mountain areas in certain Idaho basins have cloud seeding programs

Attention all Southern Idaho producers! The CREP open enrollment period opens tomorrow, Feb. 12!

Do you have irrigated land located in the Eastern Snake Plain region? Are you interested in reducing irrigation groundwater consumption?

Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign up through your local Farm Service Area (FSA) Office.

Please contact Rob Sharpnack on our staff for more information:
208-810-0768; [email protected]