Property owner withdraws controversial Spirit Lake sandbar project
A large crowd showed up to the Brickel Creek sandbar public hearing Thursday evening at Timberlake High School in Spirit Lake. The project applicant, Stephen Ford, announced he would rescind his application after an outpouring of opposition.
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Spirit Lake property owner Stephen Ford addresses the crowd Thursday night about his application to remove the sandbar at Brickel Creek. He announced he will rescind the application.
Dennis Craig, whose family has ties to Spirit Lake going back to 1912, gives testimony Thursday night during the Idaho Department of Lands public hearing regarding the removal of the Brickel Creek sandbar.
SPIRIT LAKE — Overwhelming community opposition to the potential removal of the sandbar at Spirit Lake's Brickel Creek has stopped the project in its tracks.
Property owner and longtime Spirit Lake summer resident Stephen Ford agreed to rescind his application Thursday evening following an Idaho Department of Public Lands public hearing, during which several people spoke out against the proposed project.
Ford said everyone was in favor of removing the silt bar when he spoke to his neighbors before starting the permit process. The application to the Idaho Department of Lands, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Idaho Department of Water Resources was submitted in November 2022.
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