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How To Get There
The Deer Parks Complex is located 25 miles north of Idaho Falls
in east Idaho’s Jefferson County. From Interstate 15, take exit
143 (Sage Junction) and drive 12 miles east on State Highway 33
until you see the Menan Buttes to the south. Turn south on East
Butte Road where a sign indicates “Sportsman’s Access, Menan
Buttes” and proceed straight. You will pass between the Menan
Buttes; at the stop sign turn left (south), drive ½ mile to the
Complex headquarters. The Beaver Dick segment of the Deer
Parks Complex is located on the east bank of the Henry’s Fork of
the Snake River, at mile marker 74 on the north side of Hwy 33.
General Information
The development and operation of federal hydroelectric dams on
the Columbia River and its tributaries have affected historic
wildlife habitat over an enormous area in several states. Now, the
federal government via the Bonneville Power Administration is
setting aside new lands to compensate for those that were flooded
when the dams were built. The Deer Parks Wildlife Mitigation
Complex was purchased from willing sellers as partial mitigation
for the 16,000 acres flooded by the Palisades Dam and Reservoir
in eastern Idaho. The land is owned by the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), and is cooperatively managed by the BLM,
the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG), and The
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
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