Over the last 25 years, when thereâs been a major water conflict on the vast Snake River Plain, Lynn Tominaga has been there defending farmers, ranchers, big dairies and major businesses like Anheuser- Busch, McCain Foods and Jerome Cheese through his leadership as executive director of the Idaho Ground Water Appropriators.
In the last 15 years, itâs been particularly tense. When Snake River senior surface water users or Hagerman trout farms made a âwater call,â worse-case scenario, it could jeopardize 5,500 junior ground water users and 1 million acres of irrigated agricultural land, not to mention the large dairies, cheese plants, potato processing plants and even cities.