Bruneau is a tiny, remote town in Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho. It is populated mainly by ranchers. Among the businesses are one bar, a cafe, a library and a gas station. There was a general store, "The Valley Merc", owned by Women's Rodeo legend Jan Youren, but it closed in the fall of 2005. Owyhee County is a county located in the state of Idaho. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Maps and aerial photosCoordinates: 42.8804516° -115.7973081°
Schiermeier Farms are located in this area, along with many other farming businesses. Bruneau also holds a rodeo every year. It is located in one of the biggest counties in Idaho. Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Discovered in 1952, the endangered Bruneau hot springsnail is the size of a pencil eraser and is found only in thermal springs along a five-mile stretch of the Bruneau River.
The Bruneau Dunes Observatory houses a giant 25-inch Obsession, the largest telescope in the West that's accessible to the public.
Bruneau is also the last stop before you head into the nearly 3 million-acre Owyhee-Bruneau Canyonlands.
Bruneau Hot Springsnails are not known to occur elsewhere and have not been located outside of the thermal plumes of hot springs entering the Bruneau River.
The Bruneau study area, delineated by Berenbrock (1993), was purposely limited geographically to focus on the hydrology of the regional geothermal aquifer system where the effects of pumping on thermal springs discharge may be occurring.
The Bruneau Hot Springsnail is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, and therefore, fits the definition of endangered as defined in the Act.