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Teton Dam, Says Environmental Council, Would Not Be EffectiveSwan Falls and the Middle Snake were prematurelyBOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Water Resource Board “has wasted much of its energy, authority, well qualified personnel and mandate from the people during its six years of existence/* a former employe says,H„ Torn Davis, vfce president of the Id alio Environmental Council, told the Idaho Press Club’s Headliner Luncheon Wednesday the water board used not even a minimum of knowledge” in developing someprojects,f‘Development of poorly conce! vc-d federal projects such as the Southwest Idaho Development Project, Teton Dam and private interest projects atadopted as board policy,“Not even a minimum of knowledge was utilized concerning Mid Impact of the total economic system, other development options or the natural environment/'Davis said the Teton Dam in eastern Idaho will produce only about a DO per cent return in benefits for each dollar spent. Seventy miles of levees could be built in Rexburg and Sugar City for the money spent in building the dam and it would be far more effective as a flood control measure/'Any supplemental wider benefits from the dam “could be achieved through greater use of groundwater in the area/' Davis saidThe Idaho Environmental Council and other conservationgroups have brought suit in U.St District Court seeking to block further const ruction of the dam, now being built on the Teton River near Sewdale.Davis said the crossroads is approaching for protection of the Middle stretch of the Snake River,“Legislation that will have unanimous support by conservation groups and most political leaders is now being (or-mutated,” tie so id, This legislation will be passed or shelvedwithin the next year depending on the support it receives from our congressional delegation,“Either Congress will aci for protection or the Federal Power commission will act for inundation/'Davis said additional dams are not needed in Idaho to develop more land, produce more power or prevent flood damage/'Davis I firmed subdivision for speculation arid recreationalcommunities as Idaho's “most otniuous problem.” Within one or two years 41 mas I of the options to protect will be foreclosed and agencies are not responding/'
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Thu, Nov 02, 1972
Page 18
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