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 …

$150,000 for three Upper Salmon Basin restoration projects

The USCAP supports protection and restoration of fish and wildlife habitat within the Upper Salmon River Basin.

There’s something special about Sage Hen Reservoir

If the Forest Service were to take the time to properly craft the plan, the Sage Hen project could be a model for forest restoration.

Speak up for Idaho’s wolves and other wildlife

Please voice your opposition to the new wolf law.

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Court rules suction dredge miner polluted Idaho river

“Judge Bush’s decision clearly spells out the important protections requiring dredge miners to abide by rules designed to protect clean water.”

Congressman Simpson visits Boise High

Simpson discussed his Columbia Basin Initiative and offered advice on actions students can take to help save Idaho’s wild salmon and steelhead from extinction.

Will Northwest leaders take action or fail our salmon and communities once again?

Will lawmakers do more than offer platitudes and yet to be determined future processes that cause further delay?

A decade of progress: Idaho Power’s shift toward clean energy

As the largest provider of energy in the state, Idaho Power plays a prominent role in cleaning up the state’s electric grid.

Discover and protect the Centennials

Explore the Centennial Range and become inspired to protect this wild and wonderful Idaho treasure.

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ efforts to restore Pettit Lake sockeye

The program to restore Pettit Lake sockeye is complex, uncertain, but ripe with the possibility of success. And, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes merit our confidence as leaders of that program, and as advocates for Congressman Simpson’s initiative.

Into the Wild

Before joining the Idaho Conservation League’s staff, I was a commercial river guide for almost 20 years. I fell in love with running rivers because it calms my mind and …