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The Centerville Canyon Debris Dam is pictured in June.

Thanks to debris dam, Centerville homeowners to save on flood insurance

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 12:08am

CENTERVILLE -- A new dam is expected to have a major impact on 181 homes formerly within a 100-year flood plain.

This week, officials sent a letter to those affected residents informing them they are no longer in a flood plain. City Manager Steve Thacker explained that the city has had the flood plain map amended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and it was made official Aug. 23.

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Scientists: Idaho's Snake River dams must be breached

Eric Barker, The Lewiston Morning Tribune McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 11:01am

BOISE, Idaho -- The Western Division of the American Fisheries Society said Monday the lower Snake River dams must be breached if wild runs of salmon and steelhead are to be saved and restored to fishable numbers.

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