Record winter boosts reservoir levels

Reservoirs are filling across southern Idaho, and fisheries managers are looking forward to the benefits that big water brings.

"When we have these great water years, we have so much more habitat," said Dave Teuscher, fisheries manager for Idaho Fish and Game's southeast region. "And the amount of forage is just incredible."

Teuscher wishes he could stock about 3 or 4 million more trout in reservoirs to take advantage of all the water. In years with a lean snowpack, reservoirs are often drained to minimum pool during summer.

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