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The two top rivals in an open race to be Idaho’s next lieutenant governor fiercely debated state policies on issues from abortion to growth in a debate Friday night

The General Election is quickly approaching and candidates running for office are going head-to-head during the Idaho Debates hosted by Idaho Public Television.

BOISE — Everyone agrees Idaho’s salmon need our help. Extinction is just around the corner. Should we care? And if we do care, what should be our response?

BOISE — In early-1900s Idaho, timber was king. The supply of coveted western white pine seemed endless. To the newly arrived Weyerhaeuser family, it was as if money grew on trees. Although Idaho forests promised jobs, the work of cutting timber and transporting it to the mill in Lewiston across rugged, roadless mountains would take innovation and hard work. North Idaho’s Clearwater River would serve as a channel to transport the valuable timber in annual log drives that would span a half century. Idaho Public Television’s original series Idaho Experience takes viewers along for...

Sockeye salmon like these are among the salmon species in peril, as outlined in the 2021 State of Salmon in Watersheds report. CREDIT: Aaron Kunz Listen