Project to protect Anderson Dam from terrorists

Thursday, June 24, 2010

by Brian S. Orban

The planned project will make it harder for terrorists to attack Anderson Dam using vehicle-borne explosives.

Anderson Ranch Dam faces a three-month construction project starting next April to address "security vulnerabilities" at the mountain reservoir.

The $705,000 project for the water storage reservoir near Pine follows a threat assessment that identified similar security and public safety risks at other bureau facilities following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Anderson Dam is located on the south fork of the Boise River about 28 miles northeast of Mountain Home. The dam holds back 450,000 acre feet of water or more than 146 billion gallons.

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If we had not made so many enemies many years ago we would have had fortress America

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