This is the second straight fall, winter and spring that has not provided as much water as usual. The consequences could mean massive droughts, terrible and incontrollable wildfires, low river and lake levels, low crops, water restrictions and more.
Several different agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Fire and Boise Fire Department respond to the Bonnie Fire at Bonneville Point, near Lucky Peak and Micron.
As the Pioneer fire grows, voluntary evacuations in select Lowman communities continues, according to fire managers.
The fire has grown to an estimated 80,400 acres by early Wednesday afternoon. Twenty families have been asked to leave their homes so far, with a Level 2 evacuation ordered for families living on Bear Valley and Lowman Home roads, along with North Shore drives, Hall, and the area ne