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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    And with the Senate debate only minutes away...he pushes all his chips to the middle of the table and removes his mask.
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Your side has firmly and resolutely built the foundation of their argument on economics, I think its only reasonable to push back on that narrative strongly since the actual truth has not been vetted properly. The flavor of DIY NR hunters I represent are an inconvenient truth in the discussion...
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    Oregon deer

    You might want to hold off a year. Oregon archery mule deer went to a draw this year. If you hold out for another year you might get a better shot at a better rifle hunt.
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    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Soooo tired of this economic argument. It reduces a very complex economic relationship into a simple, made for politicians ears, sound bite. Go read the studies yourself and you will find that if assumptions were holes, the bucket of economic prosperity your carrying would drain quickly. The...
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    Sleeping in truck or tent

    How about none of the above. I did a trip through CO, MT, ID, and OR last year, 45 day hunting in all. I've got a 4dr Tundra. I took out the back seat and the passenger seat. Then I cut up a 14" memory foam mattress to fit where the seats used to be. Bought 4 memory foam pillows for extra...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    I'm aware of the vast majority of large dam removals in the west. I have not seen a project yet where water rights were cut off or curtailed. Water users have always been able to get their full allotment of water if and when they want it. There are a few (very few) cases where engineering firms...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    Wow, you nailed the low hanging fruit. You must either work for PGE or you fish the Deschutes a lot. I'll assume you fish it. When dams stay in place they have to be managed and operated properly to benefit fish runs. You can negate flawlessly designed passage systems due to incompatible...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    Brownlee is on my short list as well. It was unimaginable in the not so recent past, but fishing for wild run salmon and steelhead in downtown Boise is not out of the question. Just think of the economic uplift that would occur from such an outcome. For me the personal benefit of dam removal is...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    Folks are working on getting fish past Joseph and Coulee, it may take time but I think it will happen,. However it won't be via dam removal. Goes back to run-of-river dams vs storage-dams. All the high profile dam removal projects in the Pacific Northwest are overwhelmingly run-of-river dams...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    Lots of data out there "proving" for or against dam removal based on economic analysis. I wouldn't say the article directly disputes my position, it claims too. Both sides are making a lot of claims. My position has been developed over the last decade diving into the details and trying to be as...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    @CoffeeGoat I forgot to mention my love of natural gas generated power. We both agree that "power markets are changing extremely fast" and "We're going to see a big shift in power markets over the next 10-20 years." My opinion is that the speed and volatility of power markets will leave hydro...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    I have not kept track of the project. It only came across my desk in the peripheral of another project. I agree that the renewable energy options out there are squeezing those of us that love the outdoors, and the activities or animals we purse, into tighter and tighter spaces. That is another...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    I should have been clearer. The $27 per megawatt-hour value is the future projected cost developed using the 2017-2030 HYDRO ASSET STRATEGY developed jointly by the Army Corps, US Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration specifically for Federal Columbia River Power System Dams...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    Here are a few: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-wind-prices-20-megawatt-hour Here is the report the article above drew its conclusions from: https://emp.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2017_wind_technologies_market_report.pdf This is straight from Idaho Powers mouth to your ears...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    Dams are scheduled for removal in the summer when flows are low and most adult steelhead and salmon are not present, or present in low numbers. The first fall freshets do a good job of moving the reservoir bed material out and distributing over a wide area downstream. Silt can be mobilized and...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    The lower four Snake Dams being called for removal are run-of-river dams. They do not enable storage and thus their removal will have no appreciable effect on storage. They also do not stratify. Water-in and water-out of these dam projects are nearly equal, so the river currents mix the water...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    The central issue that gets glossed over is the fact that the lower Snake River dams are not going to remain competitive in the energy market in the coming decades. Currently the cost of energy per megawatt-hour on the Snake River Dams is about $27 per megawatt-hour. Currently wind and solar in...
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    This is admittedly old data. But its surprisingly close to the current scale of irrigation being provided by Ice Harbor Dam. http://www.bluefish.org/iceharbr.htm
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    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    The water rights issues is largely just a red herring opposition folks use to push back in the media with. Lower Granite, Little Goose Dam, Lower Monumental Dam, and Ice Harbor Dam are the dams on the chopping block. Of the four, only Ice Harbor provides any irrigation benefit, to the tune of...
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    Wyoming Application Controlled and General

    Thanks a ton madtom. Should have done this first. Everything now makes sense.
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