The view on May 12, 2021 looking upstream at the ten foot diameter riveted steel outlet conduit, and adjacent manifold pipes. Reservoir releases through the control tower were reported by Big Lost ...

The construction of the Mackay Dam began in 1909. The 1894 Carey Act allowed private capital to be used in constructing the dam, with the stipulation that the state of Idaho would provide supervision ...

The 100-plus-year-old Mackay Dam needs repairs and poses a risk to the town of Mackay and the Idaho National Laboratory, according to the Idaho Department of Water Resources and the Environmental ...

Nearly $7.1 million in federal money will be available for rehabilitation of Mackay Dam in east-central Idaho. The Community Project Funding program money is included in the U.S. Department of ...

MACKAY, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho Fish and Game was recently notified that the Big Lost Irrigation District will be draining the remaining storage water from Mackay Reservoir due to a faulty head gate ...

The following is a news release from Idaho Fish and Game: MACKAY, Idaho (KIFI) — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has issued a fish salvage order for Mackay Reservoir, effective August 30 through ...

The impending emptying of Mackay Reservoir to repair damaged gates prompted Idaho Fish and Game officials to order a fish salvage at the reservoir. All size and number limits for fishing are suspended ...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has issued a fish salvage order for Mackay reservoir. that will remain in effect through October 31st. The order applies only to the flatwater portion of the ...

BUTTE COUNTY, Idaho — This region is home to many geological oddities, including the Big Lost River which flows from Idaho’s tallest peaks to the desert here where it simply ends. The disappearing ...

This story was originally published on idahocapitalsun.com on Aug. 15, 2022. The over 100-year-old Mackay Dam in Idaho’s Custer County needs repairs and poses a risk to the town of Mackay just ...