http://boisestatepublicradio.org en http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/tolerable-risk-vs-terrible-catastrophe-dams-and-big-one <p>It&#39;s a question all of us face sooner or later: whether to spend a good chunk of money to protect against a catastrophe that has a very low chance of occurring. A workshop that just wrapped up in Corvallis, Oregon considered that dilemma in the context of Northwest dams and a magnitude 9 earthquake.</p> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:44:32 +0000 Tom Banse 10337 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org Tolerable Risk Vs. Terrible Catastrophe: Dams And The Big One http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/judge-redden-talks-salmon-case <div id="full_story"><p>A federal judge who has ruled for more than a decade on how to save Columbia and Snake River salmon says four dams on the Lower Snake River should be torn down.</p> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:01:55 +0000 Aaron Kunz 4890 at http://boisestatepublicradio.org Judge Redden Talks Salmon Case