Idaho Stakeholders

This is taken from Allie Floyd: "If you had to choose to be one of the stakeholders from the list above, who would you be and what issues would be most important to you regarding water use? How can you work together with other stakeholders to achieve your goals?"  Stakeholders include: Plants/wildlife, recreationalists, farmer, Boise citizen, dam operator, or a climate scientist.

It's hard to choose a point of view, but since I've already taken on the point of view and role of a Boise Citizen, I'd like to talk about the dam operators.  A few of my friends "deal in dams" across the state of Idaho and I'm always amazed at what sort of work they tackle.  This year was quite amazing with the water flows and how close those dams had to be watched in order to maintain the peace.  They have to ultimatly look at what's best for the valley and think about the big picture, but they also have to deal with appeasing the public. I feel that they have to work together with all of the other stakeholders and it could not be an easy job.

On a different note - your trips today sounded like a lot of fun and education rolled into one - how cool@