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On The Tuesday, May 2, 2019 Edition Of Idaho Matters

  • Urban and suburban planning for an aging population.
  • A river conservationist swims the Boise from the Sawtooth to the Snake.
  • An Idaho historian chronicles the exploits of Peg Leg Annie.
  • Tanzanian conservation activist to discuss saving the Serengeti.

- As Baby Boomers grow older, urban and suburban planners are looking at new ways to afford safety and convenience for an aging population. Last month, the City of Boise joined AARP's Network of Age-Friendly Communities - municipalities committed to developing comprehensive strategies for creating safe and accessible amenities as well as fully inclusive communities. Idaho Matters speaks with Boise Parks and Recreation director, Doug Holloway, and University of Idaho professor emeritus Thomas V. Trotter about this designation.

- Water quality advocate Christopher Swain is as passionate about clean water as he about swimming. To bring attention to the need to conserve our waterways, Swain will swim the Boise River from its source in the Sawtooth Range to its confluence with the Snake River - more than one hundred miles. The effort is being sponsored by the Gem State's newest conservation stakeholder, Idaho Business for the Outdoors. On Thursday's Idaho Matters, we talk with Swain and Idaho Business for the Outdoors about the value of keeping our rivers and lakes clean.

- Annie “Peg Leg” McIntyre Morrow was legendary in late 19th century gold rush Idaho. Orphaned at 16, married off at 17, the child of the frontier learned through grit and persistance to not only survive, but to thrive - as a brothel owner. Idaho author and historian Bob Love has documented her exploits in the book Peg Leg Annie: Pistol Packing Madam, Rocky Bar, Idaho Territory.He'll be signing copies at the Mountain Home Public Libraryon Saturday and he joins Idaho Matters to spin the tragic yarn of "Peg Leg" Annie.

- Between 2006 and 2014, illegal poaching in Tanzania had reduced elephant populations from 137,000 to 44,000. It took the efforts of conservation organizations to bring global attention to the outrage - organizations like the Serengeti Conservation Foundation. Meyasi Meshilieck is the executive director of the Foundation and he will be in Boise discussing efforts to preserve the flora and fauna of the Serengeti and Tanzania in the face of human development and global climate change. He joins Idaho Matters to discuss conservation; the event is sponsored by the Earth Island Institute's Serengeti Watch, it will take place at the Capital Center Event Center this evening.

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