Comments on: Crapo Warns Of Choppy Waters For Lake Lowell Users

By: Don't Hate The Player

Don't Hate The Player — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:17:04 +0000

Man, the Fed bashing around here gets out of control. Considering the Federal government (more specifically, the Bureau of Reclamation) built Lake Lowell and the rest of the Boise Project, how about cutting them some slack here? I grew up swimming and boating on the lake, and wish the proposed new regulations allowed more use of the reservoir, but it *is* a Federal Wildlife refuge, after all.

So, anyone around here going to complain about the Nampa-Meridian irrigation district posting “No Trespassing” signs along the canals? Pretty much the same, isn’t it?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:00:43 +0000

This is a man-made lake and it has been there for a 100 years without help from the Feds. It is a recreational resource for all of us to enjoy as well. Now the Feds wish to screw with us. It is things like this that give the federal government a black eye and the young lady running the show out there could give a twit about how local s may feel about her program along with efforts to shut down boating, fishing and just about everything else out there.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:30:39 +0000

Government out of control
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/28/2333197/church-fined-for-improper-tree.html

By: RK

RK — Sun, 29 May 2011 17:30:45 +0000

Maybe if the irrigators regulate the flow of water so that no water is left to enter Lake Lowell the problem would go away! No Lake! No Federal Agency Control!

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sun, 29 May 2011 17:16:16 +0000

We are so screwed by our own leaders… how silly can silly get?

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/27/fireworks-shows-need-environmental-review/

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:21:05 +0000

Zippo, I live in the north end and we have the exact same problem here at the proposed Esther Simplot Park, only the legacy media hasn’t tried to make it a sensational political issue of us vs them.

The ponds in the proposed Simplot park are all manmade and the whole area is in horrible shape. Yet, to remediate the area, Boise Parks and Rec must jump through all kinds of environmental hoops including wet lands mitigation.

A prime example of environmental regulations preventing environmental progress.

I’m all for reasonable common sense regulation. An entity like Boise Parks at a project like Simplot Park should get federal environmental variances just like they got from the city to build their unpaved parking lot.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 28 May 2011 00:50:26 +0000

BB is exactly correct… this is a lawyer problem. Powerful people can use their skills for good or for bad. Lawyers use their skills for their own good by making crazy stuff fly somehow, not giving a crap about how it damages our nation.

Idea: Someone point out to O’bama, a lawyer, (did you know he’s Irish too? Yep, 14 generations ago) how the lake is largely minority use due to the close proximity to Nampa Caldwell. So now the great one is dissing his very few likely voters outside of the Boise NorthEnd.

BB: Geese: Do what the major airports all do; mow the grass during nesting time.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:54:06 +0000

It’s good the New York Canal, and Lake Lowell, are already there… because they could never be built in this day and age on account of bureaucratic red tape, environmental studies, lawsuits and counter-lawsuits.

“We’re from the government, and we’re here to help!”

Whatever they end up doing, I hope it doesn’t harm the endangerd Canada goose population! (/sarcasm)

EDITOR NOTE–A biologist once told us if the goose eggs are shaken in the shell, omelette style they never hatch and the dumb geese don’t lay more eggs as they would if the eggs were removed from the nest.