An Idaho Republican congressman wants to end the salmon wars by removing select hydroelectric dams, replacing the electricity lost, paying communities and businesses, and giving American Indian tribes more power.
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In February 1992, the drawdown test on the Snake River upstream of Lower Granite Dam also lowered the end of the Clearwater River. The new shallow water depth exposed the remains of massive Holbrook Island in the Clearwater between the Memorial Bridge and the railroad bridge after it was scraped out of existence when the slackwater levees were built in the mid-1970s.
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From left: James Ilhi and Ashley Vermeer, both of Caldwell, along with Dave Bahem and his wife, Annette, both of Homedale, Idaho, fish for steelhead in the Clearwater River on an excursion through Reel Time Fishing out of Lewiston on Friday, Jan. 29, west of Orofino.
Idaho legislators to consider $630M surplus, limiting governor s powers in 2021 session Hayat Norimine, The Idaho Statesman
Jan. 11 Idaho s 66th Legislative Session begins today, and it won t be like any other.
Gov. Brad Little s State of the State address will be delivered 1 p.m. and held remotely from a Statehouse auditorium. Normally the governor delivers the speech on the House floor with all three branches of government present.
The public will be able to watch at the Capitol in person, but there will be social distancing measures and capacity limits. Virtual streams of the meetings will be available on Idaho Public Television and on IdahoStatesman.com.