After the unexplained virtual disappearce of the salmon run in the Sacremento River after the best run in many years, the slow return of chinoock salmon into the Columbia has […]
Clarks Fork, Blackfoot rivers made free-flowing again.
I haven’t posted on this before, although debating and planning for this has gone on for years. Yesterday, however, it came to fruition. The old Milltown Dam near Missoula was […]
Board mulls hearing on Upper Green River dam
Board mulls hearing on Upper Green dam. Water commission not convinced reservoir idea would fly, but may consider public views. By Noah Brenner. Jackson Hole News and Guide. Aw the […]
Fate of Appropriations Riders
Rocky Barker sheds some light on a lesser known appropriations rider that Larry Craig sought to pass. The language would have limited water taken from Idaho reservoirs for salmon recovery. […]
Craig, "ecoterrorists", hidden riders, and industrial legacy
There is no doubt, the hoopla surrounding ID Senator Larry Craig is a well deserved condemnation of hypocrisy that’s been years in the coming and nobody is celebrating his descent […]
23 years after historic water pact, Idaho Power Co. sues state
Idaho irrigators, boaters, fishers, commerical trout farmers, conservationists, anyone with a water right on the Snake River, and electrical power users have come to view the Swan Falls agreement of […]
Gravity Abolition and Canned Salmon
Lawmakers revisit the lower Snake River dam debate and demonstrate the change-up in Congress. It’ll be interesting… Read the Statesman’s article From Western Watersheds Blog: “The Idaho Statesman has an interesting article […]
Idaho's governor: Build dams
Idaho’s new governor has another brand new idea fresh out of the 1940s — build more dams in Idaho to impound water. It might sound great if you haven’t followed […]