Angie Craig: “What we are finding out in Idaho is that, in certain instances, it is very difficult to rebuild the levy to once again…”

“What we are finding out in Idaho is that, in certain instances, it is very difficult to rebuild the levy to once again provide that critical barrier between the human species and his or her property and an endangered species, in this instance because agencies simply can't agree. And, as a result, we go into these extended periods of consultation when the flood waters may be rising again, and the dike or the levy simply doesn't get built because there is not the opportunity, vis-a-vis the Endangered Species Act, to act immediately and quickly and responsibly to deal with these issues. We have found that in Idaho. I think the folks in North Dakota and the folks along the Ohio are going to be finding that out very quickly now as the flood waters recede and they begin to look at rebuilding along the rivers and making some of the corrections necessary, and doing so in a quick and timely fashion, in this instance potentially preparing for an additional runoff.”