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In February 2022, local water users reached agreement on the terms of an historic Lemhi River Basin Settlement agreement, which looks to resolve long-standing water use conflict in the basin.
PAYETTE COUNTY â As reported Friday by the Lewiston Tribune, week 16 of the 2021 Idaho legislative session saw some controversy in the form of the suspension and subsequent resignation of Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, R-Lewiston, following a House Ethics Committee investigation into rape allegations brought against him by a 19-year-old legislative intern. Otherwise, the session continues as the Legislature works to hammer out the stateâs budgets for the 2021-22 fiscal year. As pointed out by attorney Jeremy Pisca of Risch Pisca PLLC in a news release Friday, the Idaho Constitution requir...
Congratulations to Gatlynn Mayes for hooking into this huge 4.8-pound tiger trout from Becker Pond in Idaho Falls and setting the new certified weight record. Gatlynn brought in the 24-inch long tiger on Dec. 16 to be weighed and measured after a day of ice fishing with his father. The previous record for tiger trout was caught in 2018 and came out of Deer Creek Reservoir with a weight of 4.04 pounds. For those unfamiliar, a tiger trout is a sterile hybrid between a brook trout and a brown trout. They are uncommon in Idaho and stocked in a limited number of locations, including: