This Week Back Then
This Week Back Then
Portland State University History Department
U.S. Supreme Court Halts The Construction Of The High Mountain Sheep Dam
5 minutes Posted Jun 4, 2017 at 7:10 am.
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The Snake begins in Wyoming, crosses through southern Idaho, forms the western boundary between Idaho and Oregon, and joins the Columbia river in Washington. The Supreme Court’s decision in Udall v. Federal Power Commission of 1967, which temporarily halted the damming of this river coincided with the rise in the environmental movement. Taylor Bailey hosts this weeks show that takes a look at the government’s relationship to the environment.