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Eye On Boise archive for Aug. 17, 2017

THURSDAY, AUG. 17, 2017


Deal reached on Yellowstone wildlife protections

A Canadian mining company and a pair of conservation groups have finalized agreements they say will protect two tributaries of the Yellowstone River and part of a crucial migration corridor for thousands of elk from Yellowstone National Park. Kinross Gold President J. Paul Rollinson signed the agreements on Thursday...

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Ponds at Esther Simplot Park, which include a kids' wading beach, reopened for recreation on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, after a long closure due to high E. coli levels. (Betsy Z. Russell)

Park ponds reopen after lengthy E. coli closure

The city of Boise is reopening the popular ponds at Esther Simplot Park today for recreational use, including fishing, swimming and wading, after E. coli levels finally dropped and remained consistently low. The ponds, along with nearby Quinn’s Pond, were closed June 21 after unsafe...

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