Cocolalla lake level vote delayed
A concurrent resolution establishing a long-sought minimum lake level for North Idaho's Cocolalla Lake wasn't voted on in the Senate this morning, as Senate Resources Chairman Monty Pearce, R-New Plymouth, asked to hold off until Monday. Pearce, the lead sponsor of the measure who had asked Sen. Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle, to be its floor sponsor in the Senate, said he was surprised to get "some calls" with questions about the issue this morning. "We thought it was a no-issue slam dunk," he said. "All we're doing is responding to some crying." The move has been in the works since 2004; the Idaho Department of Water Resources held a public hearing on it in Sandpoint in October of 2009, and all the testimony was in favor.