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An Idaho congressman may have taken the first step in untangling the tricky knot of dams in the Northwest and their effects on salmon.
Representative Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, laid out a $33 billion Columbia Basin Fund.
While it includes breaching the four lower Snake River dams, it also addresses replacing their benefits, such as energy and irrigation for local agriculture.
Brian Brooks, executive director of the Idaho Wildlife Federation, said it s a critical lifeline for the region s endangered salmon and steelhead. My reaction to Simpson coming out with this plan is Finally! Brooks remarked. Finally, someone is giving this attention to this issue because it is such a big problem and it is going to require a big solution, and Simpson is giving it the attention it deserves.
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Army Corps tables proposed 15-mile trail at Lucky Peak. Here s why Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
The Army Corps of Engineers has tabled plans to create a trail near Lucky Peak Dam, according to documents shared publicly by the Idaho Wildlife Federation on Tuesday.
In a document dated Nov. 20, Lt. Col. Richard Childers, district commander for the Corps’ Walla Walla district, opted to implement a “no action alternative” on the proposed 15-mile trail. The trail, which has been in talks since 2017, would have started near Lucky Peak Dam at Lydle Gulch and followed the south shore of Lucky Peak to the Chimney Rock camping area across from Spring Shores Marina.