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Idahoans must – once again – fight off a serious federal water threat

States Newsroom · November 2, 2026

Idaho has periodically faced serious threats to its water sovereignty from an overreaching federal government. In the early 1950s, when Len Jordan was Idaho governor, the feds wanted to build a massive dam on the Snake River in Hells Canyon. That would have usurped Idaho control of its upstream waters. Jordan stopped…

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Idahoans must – once again – fight off a serious federal water threat

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