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The Idaho Department of Water Resources is proceeding on schedule with the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille River Basin adjudication process. A majority of the water rights claims in the basin have been filed after two years of working with water users and property owners to file claims. IDWR has received a total of 8,176 water rights claims in the basin so far.
If so, it's time to get in line and file a water right claims. And, if you're looking for a little help, the Idaho Department of Water Resources is in town to help residents file claims for the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille River Basin Adjudication. The last in a series of workshops is today, April 6 at the Ponderay Events Center, 401 Bonner Mall Way, Ponderay. The workshop is from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. IDWR staff will serve the public on a first-come, first-served basis to answer questions and help people file water rights claims in the basin. To avoid longer wait times, IDWR staff recommends avoid...
KXLY July 26, 2021 4:18 PM Updated: Intermountain Forest Service BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal court has temporarily halted a northern Idaho logging project in grizzly bear habitat following a lawsuit contending the U.S. Forest Service violated environmental laws. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled Friday in favor of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and issued a preliminary injunction on the 2,500-acre (1,000-hectare) Hanna Flats Logging Project in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. The Forest Service and Idaho Department of Lands are partnering on the project under a progr...
Court ruling halts northern Idaho logging project By KEITH RIDLERJuly 26, 2021 GMT BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal court has temporarily halted a northern Idaho logging project in grizzly bear habitat following a lawsuit contending the U.S. Forest Service violated environmental laws. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled Friday in favor of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and issued a preliminary injunction on the 2,500-acre (1,000-hectare) Hanna Flats Logging Project in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. The Forest Service and Idaho Department of Lands are partnering on the proj...