Cocolalla minimum lake level measure sent back to Senate committee

SCR 111, a resolution setting a long-sought minimum lake level for Cocolalla Lake in North Idaho, has been sent back to the Senate Resources Committee. “There’s been some information that’s come out, some folks have some concerns, and I think that it’s only appropriate that the committee get a chance to address those concerns before it moves forward,” Sen. Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle, told the Senate today; she’s the bill’s floor sponsor. No one raised any objections to the bill when it had its committee hearing earlier, but Resources Chairman Monty Pearce, R-New Plymouth, said he received some calls Friday morning, and wanted to allow any concerns to be heard in another hearing before bringing the measure up for a full Senate vote.