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 …

Proposed Changes to Net Metering: The Final Act of Idaho Power’s Solar Saga?

It’s something of a tradition that as summer begins, ICL dives back into Idaho Power’s ongoing efforts to re-make its solar net metering and distributed energy programs. Last month, Idaho …

The BLM’s proposed Public Lands Rule: What is it? Is it good for Idaho – and the West?

Twenty years ago, on a typical outing to a trailhead on your Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, you were likely to see raptors soaring overhead, some livestock grazing out …

A reason to row: 1,200 miles for conservation

If you had the chance, would you row 1,200 river miles to raise awareness for conservation? Starting in Butte, MT, and heading to the Pacific Ocean, cousins Robert Lester and …

Orca Action Month: Help protect Idaho’s connection to Puget Sound Orcas

June is National Rivers Month and Orca Action Month. One of these likely appeals to Idahoans more than the other, as pristine rivers are a regular source of pride for …

Meet ICL’s new Emerging Leaders!

Emerging Leaders for Idaho’s Environment (ELIE) is a leadership program that builds Idaho’s conservation community through dynamic reciprocity between ICL and young leaders, cohort-based professional development and partnership building, and …

Conservation Conversations: Pat Ford and Saving our Wild Salmon

Editor’s Note: This profile was written by Boise State University students Arlee Allred, Heather Albrecht, and Jared Tarver as a project for an Environmental Studies course taught by Dr. Sophia …

Tackling Mining Pollution: A Call to Action for a Clean Water Future

Clean water is a fundamental resource essential for sustaining life, yet it continues to face numerous threats from human activities. One recent threat is the wastewater arsenic pollution from the …

The Idaho Club poised to seek new permit for development at the mouth of Trestle Creek

Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that The Idaho Club intends to apply for a new permit to dredge and fill wetlands and waterways at the …

News Release

Supreme Court ruling on Sackett v. EPA reduces Clean Water Act protections

For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 25, 2023 Contacts: Marie Callaway Kellner, Conservation Program Director, Idaho Conservation League, (208) 345-6933 x 220 Jennifer Ekstrom, North Idaho Lakes Conservation Associate, Idaho Conservation …

News Release

The Idaho Conservation League celebrates 50 years, honors community leaders at annual Wild Idaho! conference

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Contact: Abby Urbanek, Communications Manager, Idaho Conservation League, (208) 345-6933 x 214 The Idaho Conservation League celebrates 50 years, honors community leaders at …