Snake River Water: USDA conservation funding will support irrigation upgrades in southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon, aimed at saving water and reducing nutrient and sediment runoff. The Owyhee Irrigation District’s project received nearly $7.7 million. Energy Siting: Bannock County planners endorsed a rewrite that would replace the county’s ban on large solar and wind projects with a permit process, while calling for project size limits and more detail on battery storage. Water Security: Mountain Home Air Force Base opened a treatment plant connected to the Snake River by a 14.4-mile pipeline, intended to ease reliance on a declining local aquifer. Wildlife and Rivers: Idaho, Oregon and Washington are coordinating efforts to reduce walleye in a stretch of the Snake River, where the invasive predator threatens salmon and steelhead. Researchers also report encouraging early signs of recovery at Boise’s Claremont Fire burn scar. Public Lands and Climate: The Forest Service outlined final steps toward a decision on Grand Targhee’s proposed expansion, which could add 694 acres amid wildlife and tribal concerns. A new western glacier study finds ice cover has shrunk 35% since the 1950s across seven states, including Idaho.