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On The Monday, March 4, 2019 Edition Of Idaho Matters

  • The 2019 Indigenous Peoples of the Boise Valley Conference addresses resistance, resilience and strength.
  • Idaho businesses impacted by Chinese tariffs.
  • Rocky Barker chronicles the modern-day extinction of the caribou of the Selkirk Range.
  • The Wood River Valley prepares for a new animal adoption and education space.

- Leaders of the region's Native American tribes meet in Boiseon Thursday and Friday for a conference to raise awareness and understanding of Native culture and history and to maintain a dialogue with leaders of all communities. Idaho Matters discusses the conference with Norm Cavanaugh of the Duck Valley Reservation and Ed Keener, creator of the Kessler-Keener Foundation, a sponsor of the conference.

- Tariffs on certain Chinese goods were scheduled to increase from 10% to 25% on March 1. That increase was blocked by the Trump Administration, but the current tariff rate is having an impact on Idaho's family businesses. We look at the scope of that impact with Kirk Adams, a member of the Idaho District Export Council, Jos Zamzow, co-CEO of Zamzows and Melanie Krause, a vintner with Cinder Wines.

- Freelance journalist Rocky Barker has been tracking the dwindling numbers of the Selkirk caribou and he joins Idaho Matters on Monday to illustrate the effects of encroachment and climate change on the iconic steer of the Northwest.

- Animal advocates in the Wood River Valley are anticipating the opening of a new adoption and education center. We talk with Jo-Anne Dixon, executive director and medical director of  Mountain Humane in Hailey.

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