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Committee selects site near Firth as Idaho's newest state park

Friday, October 27, 2006; IDST

The Idaho Park and Recreation Board has chosen a cottonwood-studded wetland near Blackfoot and Beaver Dick Park near Rexburg as the site for a proposed new state park in eastern Idaho. The board on Wednesday adopted the East Idaho State Park Selection Committee's recommendation. The committee spent the summer winnowing down the possibilities from more than 30 sites to the 4.5-mile stretch of wetland along the Snake River known as Rising River. The area is about 3 miles from Interstate 15's Rose exit. - Full Story