Public Rivers Belong to the Public — Not to the Loudest Opponents

Public Rivers Belong to the Public — Not to the Loudest Opponents

As Vice President of the Western Whitewater Association, I am writing to address the continued closure of a section of river in Valley County that was shut down during COVID in early 2020 — and has never legally been reopened to motorized watercraft. The closure was imposed by county commissioners, and it overstepped their authority under Idaho state law (see below). We are asking for nothing more than what the law already guarantees: equal publ…