It’s hard to miss the unusual pink tree in Boise’s new Cherie Buckner-Webb Park at the corner of Bannock and 11th streets. People gravitate to the swinging benches that drop from “Gentle Breeze,” a public art piece by New York artist Matthew Mazzotta.(Darin Oswald / Idaho Statesman)

From a water shortage in the face of climate change, a new park in Boise dedicated to a trailblazing Democratic politician, a huge new housing proposal in Ada County and the latest a contentious House Ethics Hearing — there's a lot to cover on the Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable.

Our journalist panel today: