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:;Ill = ;= !z ...Illz -z * ie z z -z ~ •• z Ill= :::» =u Ill>* -* nted dedication, . of 'bountry white: and an enormous .,......... '"'4' of empty pizza boxes piled where the new kitchen ble will be. ~- To the people of West One Bank it's been another way of putting assets to work for Mike and Diane with a Home Equity Line of Credit. ~ And to three-year old Megan lX>dson, who chance to finally race her little brother across their new hardwood floors. ~West One Bank. Bringi wealth of experience to the Dodsons. ~ \leml!er FDIC BEV DOOLITTLE u .5 0:. ~ ~ 0 ~ -5 ·~ ~ (.) ,::" ~ iQ) We are pleased to announce the latest Edition size is limited to the number of limited edition Personal CommissionTM fine prints ordered between August 1, 1991 and art print of environmental significance by September 30, 1991. Accompanied by a Bev Doolittle, North America's leading artist complementary full-length video Sacred in print. We invite you to join with us in Circle: Conserving Nature's Delicate Balance, Sacred Circle. Not only is it a beautiful work which explores the print's meaning and of art, but partial proceeds from each print focuses on environmental concerns. will be donated by the publisher to further For complete details, please visit, call, or conservation education. write our gallery. 400 Sun Valley Road 601 Main Street P.O. Box 2318 Boise, Idaho 83702 Ketchum, Idaho 83340 (Located in Old Boise) 726-5899 ~ 336-5899 ~ GREENWICH WORKSHOPl!'J - . Remember Sept. 30 through Oct. 30 PHONATHON '91 BSU Calling Alumni & Friends ...· • . .... ~ ...: :... : :.;"'.:····· :· · ·~:. : ~···· During the month of October, BSU Students will once again be calling alumni and friends nationwide during Phonathon '91. The purpose of this annual fund drive is to ask them to assist the University in academic excellence by pledging their financial support. The Phonathon also gives us an opportunity to talk with our alumni and friends about changes in their addresses, careers, promotions and family additions, or maybe just provide an update about what's happening on campus or with .. a favorite professor. We look forward to talking with you in October!! .. , • . ·, .. • ' a a II a a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. XVI, NO. 4 SUMMER 1991 FEATURES WATER WARS 16 Conservation/recreation vs. agriculture/hydropower. WORK OF RIVERS 20 Idaho's Snake and Salmon rivers provide contrasting images. RIVER VIEWS 24 Profiles of those who work the water. WAVE THERAPY 29 Whitewater experience for the physically challenged. TOUGH nMES 30 Grace Jordan recalls life below Hell's Canyon. DEPARTMENTS FIRST WORD 7 CAMPUS NEWS 8 SEARCH 32 Q GIVING 35 - ALUM NOTES 36 -- GALLERY 46 MAVIN' A BALL That's what plenty of kids did on Boise State's campus this summer during a variety of camps, programs, workshops and conferences. Hundreds of youngsters used BSU facilities during June and July. See page 15 for more details. FOCUS is published quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services. PRESIDENT: John H. Keiser EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT: Larry G. Selland VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION: Asa M. Ruyle VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS: DavidS. Taylor EDITOR: Larry Burke STAFF WRITERS: Bob Evancho, Glenn Oakley and Amy Stahl PHOTOGRAPHY: Glenn Oakley and Chuck Scheer EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Brenda Haight ALUMNI NEWS: Mary Ostlund STUDENT ASSISTANT: LaVelle Gardner ADVERTISING SALES: P.V. Quinn & Co., 411 S. Fifth Street, Boise, Idaho 83702 Phone: (208) 385-0338 PUBLISHING INFORMATION: FOCUS' address is BSU Educati on Buildi ng, Room 724, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. Phone: (208) 385-1577. Letters regarding editorial matters shoul d be sent to the editor. Unl ess otherwise specified, all articles may be reprinted as long as appropriate credit is given to the author, Boise State Universi ty and FOCUS magazi ne. Diverse views are presented and do not necessarily reflect the opini ons of FOCUS or the official poli cies of Boise State Uni versi ty. ADDRESS CHANGES: Send changes (with address label if possible) to the BSU Alumni Office, 1910 Uni versity Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. If you receive duplicate copi es of the magazi ne, please notify the Boise's out of First Interstate Bank of Idaho's Alumni Office at the above address. Friends of the new Boise City MasterCard. It's got all the power of MasterCard, but university who wis h to receive FOCUS may do so by submitting their names and addresses to the Alumni with some unique benefits that hit close to home. Every dollar you Office. spend helps make Boise a better place to live. One percent of net merchandise sales and six dollars of every annual fee are contri buted to the City of Boise to fund worthwhile community projects. Plus, the Boise City MasterCard will take care of you when you leave town with a variety of travel services you just can't get with other cards. Services like automatic travel rebates, discounts on hotels, air fares and car rentals. And the guaranteed lowest published air fares. Act now and you can take advantage of a unique opportunity to save when you shop downtown. From now through July 31, selected Downtown Boise Association members will be offering 10% off all of their merchandise* when you make your purchases with the Boise City MasterCard. More than 75 downtown merchants are participating, including restaurants, clothing retailers, jewelers, gift shops, art galleries, beauty salons, book stores, sporting goods and sportswear shops, furniture retailers and other specialty stores. Stop by your local First Interstate Bank fo r details and a complete list of participating merchants. And get the card that gives to your hometown. 'Discount nor good on "Sale" priced items. ABOUT THE COVER: Upper Mesa Fa/Is on the Henrys Fork of the Snake River, once proposed as a hydroelectric dam site, no w is protected as a scenic wonder. No longer viewed solely as a source of irrigation or electrical power, Idaho's Interstate Bank rivers are increasingly valued and protected for f ~First fish, wildlife, recreation and aesthetics. This issue First Interstate Bank of Idaho, N.A. of FOCUS explores Idaho rivers and the changing attitudes and laws governing their use. Member FDIC Federal Reserve Photo by Glenn Oakley. 6 FOCUS a a a a a II a a a 'WHAT DOES HE CARE IF THE WORLD'S GOT TROUBLES?' ach of us has rivers in our lives, and cut too often for irrigation; weakened to for those of us who fish and hunt supply more power for questionable luxu and dream, the relationship can be ries, the arteries will shrink, stop throbbing, Eintimate. My rivers include the and the Earth will die. The life of great Sangamon, a prairie stream whose banks civilizations has ended in dry riverbeds. were roamed by Lincoln and which spawned Before we tamper with them further, driven a life made famous in Spoon River Anthol by artificial needs, we must decide what vital ogy; the Embarras, a muddy flush near river systems mean and need, and assure Charleston, Ill. , which yielded countless large them. snapping turtles turned into faculty feeds in The lack of respect for our river-fed res our backyard; and the Mississippi, whose ervoirs became clear to me most recently spring floods often brought floating houses when I observed, from my float tube on and reminders of Tom Sawyer and Huckle Anderson Ranch, two drunken gentlemen berry Finn. trying to extract a discarded diaper from the But the river I've experienced most is the pump of their 200-horsepower motor, while Boise. We have a cabin on the South Fork a sandstorm was blowing through a hundred Nancy Keiser enjoying the Boise River. before the Boise enters the first of three campers parked on banks exposed by ex reservoirs- Anderson Ranch, Arrowrock, tremely low water. There was one public about the source and the meaning of the and Lucky Peak - and then runs by my toilet. The kokanee population has declined word Treasure. window on the campus of Boise State Uni because they can't get upstream in the low I am haunted by James Earle Fraser's versity and enriches 40 miles of otherwise water to spawn. Although the smallmouth sculpture made out of white stone at the parched farm and ranchlands before it joins spawn, rapid drawdown leaves their eggs to National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma the Snake. While you can't drink out of it, dry in the sun. Symptoms. City. It is of a starving Indian, on a gaunt and while the salmon no longer run up Lack of balance leads to bitterness and horse, with heads down in despair. It's called stream past the campus, and while irrigation fear. Before it reaches Lucky Peak, Boise "End of the Trail." Our way of life is not takes an increasingly heavy share of its wa River silt, not as bad-yet-as that in other there yet, but I hope I'm not directly related ter, it has incomparable advantages to the streams, comes from clear-cut forests. to the person entering the spaceship for the brown freshets of the Midwest. I imagine I We've all seen them. The victimized moun last trip from an Earth turned into a lifeless share a special secret about each rock, snag tain looks like a mangy dog. To clarify blob, unsuitable for humans. Which artist and sandbar. matters for historians, I've wondered why will paint that, and how will it look? I've often told visitors that I know of few those areas do not become national parks Ernest Hemingway shared an observation places where nature and civilization are as named after the individual or company who and a premonition in Green Hills of Africa well balanced as they are in Boise.