Certainly of late, your in-depth reporting of local happenings has been insightful and thorough. The cattle abandonment story and the efforts to recover them put readers on the site, if not literally, at least mentally.

An issue that I would like to see reported on with equal intensity and with regular updates is one that will affect all of us currently living in this gorgeous valley and those who will be privileged to over the next century, anyway. Though seemingly absent from in-depth reporting and receiving occasional mention, the design of and implementation of the modernized dam on Wallowa Lake’s north end seems a lasting edifice that will shape agriculture and fish populations and, thusly, all of our lives.

Please consider an in-depth look at and a monthly update on this dam’s progress and thank you.

David Hayslip

Enterprise