Priest Lake breakwater, thorofare projects praised
Dale Van Stone, Idaho Water Resource Board member from Hope, chats with State Senator Steve Vick on a gorgeous afternoon on Priest Lake near the new Breakwater structure and Thorofare channel.
(Photo courtesy STEVE STUEBNER/Idaho Water Resource Board)
Idaho Water Resource Board members and staff recently went on a tour of the new breakwater and improved Thorofare channel, part of the $5 million Priest Lake Water Management Project. Pictured, from left, Idaho Department of Water Resource Director Gary Spackman; Jo Ann Cole-Hansen, Idaho Water Resource Board member from Lewiston; Neeley Miller, Idaho Water Board staff (standing); Ken Hagman, boat captain from Priest Lake; Molly McCahon, Lakes Commission; Steve Klatt, director, Bonner County Road & Bridge Department; Randy Ramey in ball cap, and Evan Roda, IDWR staff in Coeur d'Alene.
Steve Klatt, left, talks about the unique partnership between the state, the Legislature, the Idaho governor's office, Bonner County and Priest Lake residents to make the $5 million Priest Lake Water Management Project happen. State Sen. Steve Vick is at right with the red ball cap, next to Randy Ramey, Thorofare resident. Jo Ann Cole-Hansen, Idaho Water Resource Board member from Lewiston, is sitting across from Klatt.
COOLIN — Area residents had nothing but praise for the new 1,500-foot breakwater and deepening of the Thorofare channel during the Idaho Water Resource Board last week.
Steve Klatt, director of the Bonner County Road and Bridge Department, and Priest Lake residents thanked board members for working with the community to build a new breakwater and dredging of the Thorofare channel in the winter of 2020-21...
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