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LITTLE & RISCH: No friends to public lands

| October 14, 2026 1:00 AM

Floods of advertising are upon us with claims from Gov. Little and Sen. Risch that they’ve been “protecting our public lands.” Their records show differently.

Gov. Little accepted Trump’s directive for one-third the nation’s nuclear waste to be stored above the Snake River Aquifer. He’s also supporting a gigantic data center to be built on public lands near Boise. Both projects will need massive amounts of public water.

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