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Idaho State Section of the American Water Resources Association

Community, Conversation, Connection


2011-2012 Executive Board:

President: Mike Homza, GeoEngineers
Past-President: Perrin Robinson, CH2M Hill
President-Elect: Corrie Hugaboom, HDR Engineering
Vice-President and Program Committee Chair:Derek Risso, Ecosystem Sciences
Secretary/Treasurer: Kathy Peter, Community Volunteer
BSU Student Chapter President: Daniel Stanaway
Membership Chair: vacant

Idaho State Section Members

Thank you to our supporters:

  • CH2M Hill

  • Ecosystem Sciences

  • GeoEngineers, Inc.

  • Givens Pursley LLP

  • HDR Engineering

  • MWH Americas

  • SPF Water Engineering, LLC

  • West Water LLC

  • For more information on AWRA, please visit:

    www.AWRA.org
    Watch for announcements of field trips to wetland sites in the Boise area.
    • Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve (corner of McMillan Rd. and N. Maple Grove).
    • Willow Lane Park.

    Renew or join now for April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013:
    • Annual individual Section membership fee: $20
    • Annual student Section membership fee: $ 5
    • Annual corporate/institution groups Section membership fee (Memberships for up to 5 members of group are included. Groups are named on ID-AWRA webpages and programs and have the opportunity to display information at meetings) : $100
    • Additional corporate/institutional group member: $ 15


    Who is the AWRA?

      The AWRA is dedicated to the advancement of water resources management, research, and education. Members represent a community of water professionals with diverse backgrounds, but they share engagement in solving some of the toughest water resources challenges.

      Activities include evening networking dinners with presentations on water-resources topics, field trips, and networking luncheons. Membership in national AWRA is not required to join ID AWRA.

      Join (or renew) now for membership through March 31, 2013.

    ID AWRA provides a common forum in which professionals in water resources can exchange ideas pertaining to all aspects of water resources research and management by:

    • promoting research and technological, social, economic, and legislative advances;
    • collecting and disseminating information, knowledge, and data;
    • relating the needs of management, educational institutions, and governmental agencies for specialized services and guidance to qualified professionals and consultants;
    • opening up and maintaining lines of communication between members of this Section and the public;
    • promoting the rational and objective protection, development, utilization, and management of water resources;
    • cooperating with others concerned with water resources; and
    • promoting the multidisciplinary objectives of the AWRA.

    Click here to join ID AWRA or to renew your membership.

    Idaho State Section By-Laws

    ID AWRA 2009-2010 Annual Report

    ID AWRA 2010-2011 Annual Report

    ID AWRA 2011-2012 Annual Report


    Recent events:

    Annual Dinner Meeting
    Wetland Mitigation and Water Quality Protection – A conversation on their shared future.
    Wednesday, April 11, 2012

  • Wayne S. Wright,PWS,GeoEngineers

  • Gary Howard, The Wetlands Group

  • Bruce Mills, Ada County Highway District

  • Chris Murphy, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

    Brown Bag Seminar: Levees and Habitat Restoration: Are They Compatible?
    February 22, 2012
    Speaker: Michael K. Homza, PE
    Associate, Water Resources Engineer, GeoEngineers, Inc.

    ID AWRA Dinner Meeting
    Regional Restoration, Management, and Planning from a Multi-agency Perspective.

    November 30, 2011

  • Sean Finn (Science Coordinator, Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative)

  • Mike Pellant (Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office stationed at the Idaho State Office in Boise)

  • Rob Richardson (Geomorphologist, Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region)

  • Lesa Stark (Program Manager ESA and Planning, Snake River Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation)

    ID AWRA co-sponsored "From Vision to Reality: Enhancing the Lower Boise River, A Workshop for Stakeholders and Practioners" October 18, 2011
    As part of the lecture series preceding the Workshop, Derek Risso, Foundation Manager, Ecosystem Sciences and Jeff Fealko, River Engineer, GeoEngineers, Inc. spoke on: "Boise River Enhancement - Integrated Watershed Planning: From Planning to Project"

    Past ID AWRA Events

  • Maintained by Kathy Peter. IDAWRA@gmail.com Last changed on April 13, 2012