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 …

ICL is ready for the first gavel, are you?

The first gavel of the 2024 Idaho legislative session will fall next week, and just as we have for the last 50 years, ICL will be there to represent you, …

BLM prioritizing RZRs over Raptors in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

Owyhee Travel Plans continue to veer off track Congress designated the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in 1993 to protect the largest and densest population of breeding …

Keeping Idaho wild: ICL’s top conservation wins in 2023

Some conservation wins come quickly. Others take decades to achieve. That’s why to be successful at conservation, you have to be in it for the long haul. Thanks to the …

News Release

ICL appoints Brad Smith as new Conservation Director

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Contacts: Brad Smith, Conservation Director, (208) 318-5807 Abby Urbanek, Communications & Marketing Manager, (208) 345-6933 x 214 ICL appoints Brad Smith as new …

Faces of ICL: Meet some members of our Conservation Community!

For 50 years, the Idaho Conservation League has worked to protect and restore the clean air, clean water, wild lands, special places, fish,and wildlife that give Idahoans such an exceptional …

News Release

U.S. Government commits to restore salmon in Northwest and honor obligations to Tribes, sets path to breach four lower Snake River dams

For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 14, 2023 Contacts: Mitch Cutter, Salmon & Steelhead Associate, (541) 280-8474 Abby Urbanek, Communications & Marketing Manager, (208) 345-6933 x 214 U.S. Government commits to …

What’s in a newsletter?

Fifty years ago today, December 12, 1973, ICL published our very first newsletter. Now known as The Idaho Conservationist, it has been continuously published and mailed out to ICL members …

If you love winter recreation, you need to be a climate advocate

Idaho’s climate is changing, impacting land and water, industries, and communities across the state. Temperatures have risen almost 2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900 (some areas are already above that), equating …

Outlaw miners dredge up hefty fines

Miners who dredge for gold in Idaho’s rivers and streams are looking to hit it rich, but instead are paying steep fines when they choose to ignore laws designed to …

Empowering Unity: Nez Perce Tribe’s RUN in Unity Convening Sparks Powerful Conversations in a Call to Protect Water, Orca, and Salmon

In early November, the Nez Perce Tribe brought together more than a dozen Tribes, an array of non-profit partners, elected decision-makers, and advocates in Tulalip, WA to discuss the preservation …