Survey of Eastern Idaho residents shows them generally against rebuilding-
The deadly collapse of the Teton Dam east of Rexburg, Idaho, in June 1976 was one of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s worst moments. Conservationists had been fighting the dam as a waste of money and destruction of a beautiful fishing stream. The canyon was […]
Continue Reading →Like the undead, there was movement to rebuild the disastrous Teton Dam in Eastern Idaho. Maybe now it will stop-
Idaho Department of Water Resources director, a big supporter of rebuilding the Teton Dam, retires. Salt Lake Tribune
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Some bad ideas just won’t die-
My first involvement in a conservation battle was trying to stop the building of the Teton Dam. We lost. It failed in June 1976 as it was filling for the first time. It killed eleven and cost a billion dollars in damage payouts. It would have been a money […]
Continue Reading →Channels Bush and adds a presidential signing statement-
Updates to 4-2. State specific information added at end of post
There was much rejoicing as the President signed the Omnibus Public Lands Bill, usually and incorrectly called the giant new “wilderness bill.”
It does add 2-million acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System, but it […]
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