Idaho Public Lands Advocates Respond to Latest Sell-Off Proposal: Rural Idaho Needs Teamwork, not a Giveaway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Contact: John Robison, Idaho Conservation League | [email protected] Emilie Ritter, Greater Yellowstone Coalition | [email protected] Chris Saeger, The Wilderness Society | [email protected] Idaho Public Lands Advocates Respond to …

The Dark Side of Data Centers Part 2: Water Guzzlers

The recent rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) has driven explosive growth in a once-niche industry: data centers. These facilities host vast networks of computer processors that power the processing, …

The Dark Side of Data Centers, Part 1: Energy Hogs

Survey shows community support for McCall land exchange

For the past 5 years, ICL has worked with United Payette, a coalition of Valley County residents partnering with local and state-wide organizations, to conserve the endowment lands surrounding Payette …

Saving Salmon, Protecting a Way of Life

This blog was originally published in 2024, and has been updated with new information. We often say that, without the work of Tribes, Idaho’s wild salmon and steelhead would be …

IDFG’s high-stakes strategic plan needs more work—Here’s how to give wildlife a voice

Idaho’s native wildlife sustains and inspires us. Wild creatures give us comfort and endless entertainment. They enhance our everyday experiences—whether we’re visiting remote, wild landscapes across our state or sitting …

Utah files ‘The Big One.’ Lawsuit seeks to seize 18.5 million acres of public land

For more than a decade, elected officials in Utah have pushed an argument that federally-administered public lands in their state lacked any constitutional basis. Now they’ve taken it to the …

Making Room for Bison

It’s a brisk early summer morning. The line of cars grows as motorists pause, pay their fee, and receive a visitor map at the kiosks near the stone archway marking …

Farmworkers deserve basic protections from heat and smoke, here’s one step in the right direction

Editor’s Note: This blog was written by Samantha Guerrero, the Community Organizer and Communications Coordinator at the Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, and edited by Adrian Gallo, the Climate Program …

Once again, Trestle Creek needs your help

After three failed attempts to develop a marina and luxury houses at Trestle Creek on Lake Pend Oreille over the last 17 years, The Idaho Club has again applied for …

Toxic algae makes Idaho waters unsafe

Excessive heat and pollutants make Snake River, southern Idaho reservoirs, and North Idaho lakes hazardous for swimming Each summer, warm water combined with excess phosphorus and nitrogen contribute to dangerous …

News Release

Report finds 58% of Idaho’s sewage treatment plants are violating pollution discharge limits, potentially harming water quality and public health

For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 15, 2024 Contacts: Will Tiedemann, Regulatory Conservation Associate, (208) 345-6933 x 228 Abby Urbanek, Communications & Marketing Manager, (208) 345-6933 x 214 Report finds 58% …