Jeff Jones hosted a "Rock Party" on September 20 as part of the upcoming Owyhee River gravel augmentation project.  Volunteers drilled and embedded pit tags in gravel samples, which will be used to track gravel movement in the river to learn more about the movement behavior, and the longevity of the deposited gravel for use in the trout redds.

Each rock has a unique ID which will be used to record its initial location in the stream, and subsequent measured location to track its movement.

The gravel movement or depletion over time will be used to determine if/when refresh augmentations will be required to sustain the gravel available for use for trout redds in that location.

Rockers:   (top) Troy Pearse, Joe Sousa, (bottom) Michael Liebig, Pete Rockwell, Jim Kazakoff