Forest Service removes illegal ID hot spring pools
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Story Created:
Nov 10, 2009 at 4:15 PM MST
Story Updated:
Nov 10, 2009 at 4:15 PM MST
11/10/09
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Workers with the U.S. Forest Service have
removed a series of man-made pools that were built illegally along
a popular hot spring near Crouch.
The pools, some made with rocks and mortar, were filled with
steaming water and have been popular with weekend soakers in recent
years.
Boise National Forest officials have said the man who built the
pools did so without a permit, breaking federal land-use
regulations and dramatically altering the landscape.
Boise National Forest spokesman David Olson says work crews used
sledgehammers to remove the pools on Monday, and hauled the debris
away from the site.
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