Parma has a website up, http://protectparma.com/ with information, maps and links.
Download Roger Findley's latest Powerpoint (8MB) HERE.
We also have the Idaho Power easement ENTRY DENIAL forms.
Take a look at the Idaho Press Tribune's Feb. 6th article on "Parma fights power line" http://www.idahopress.com/?id=19648. A few quotes:
The citizen group, called the Parma Impact Task Force, joins others in Idaho and Oregon opposed to the draft route of 300-mile, 500,000-volt line from Boardman, Ore., to the Hemingway substation near Melba.
Citizens met twice in January and launched a Web site, http://protectparma.com/, Thursday afternoon. The meetings drew more than 100 people, and so far residents have contributed more than $6,000 to the cause, organizer Pat Rohwer said.
She said that even though Idaho Power insists it will cooperate, the group intends to keep the pressure on to ensure the route changes.
. . . Some opposed to the line's proposed route argue it should be located on public rather than private land. "We're certainly looking at those alternatives," (IPCo's Eric) Hackett said.
Here's the most perplexing quote:
According to the project Web site (link below): "The purpose of the corridor identification and evaluation was not to maximize the amount of federal or private land that the corridor crosses; rather, it was to minimize potential impacts to a variety of resources, including private property owners. While there are an infinite number of corridors that could be developed to increase the corridor on federal lands, they are not expected to meet the overall goals or project purpose and need."
http://www.boardmantohemingway.com/faq.aspx
