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KAMIAH, IDAHO — The popular Jerry Johnson hot springs recreation site, located a short hike from Highway 12 near Lolo Pass, is showing signs of returning to normal after spring floodwaters wiped out two popular soaking pools.

In late March, high water filled two of the three pools with silt and debris.

Several Forest Service officials recently visited the site, located in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in Idaho, and found some improvement to the condition of one of the lower pools.

It is beginning to increase in size, and the amount of debris in the water is decreasing. The condition of the other, smaller lower pool remains unchanged since the flood, however. The larger upper pool remains unaffected by flooding.

Kearstin Edwards of the Lochsa/Powell Ranger District said that once spring flows level off, they’ll be better able to assess how the high water may have affected hydrology at the site. Peak flows usually occur around Memorial Day.

“We are still on hold for any other action,” she said. “We still have some snow flushes coming, which is pretty normal. We are still on standby and are letting Mother Nature do her thing.”