Take a sneak peek at Boise WaterShed’s river campus, where kids can be ‘dam managers’ By Chadd Cripe. [email protected]. Updated November 28, 2016 1:22 PM.

The dam forms Canyon Lake, measuring 10 miles long, with 28 miles of shoreline for fishing, hiking and other recreation activities. The dam can generate enough power to supply more than 13,000 ...

So-called pumped storage, rather than conventional dams, is emerging as the future of deriving electricity from water's gravitational qualities.