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

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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Love the Payette River? 

Tell the Forest Service to give Banks some love and help make the area even more remarkable and outstanding.

The calm before the storm?

Weakening regulations for pesticide spraying cropdusters, another dam memorial, and a do-over on rules?

Mountain goats in the Blacklead

The U.S. Forest Service is evaluating proposals to allow snow machines to access somewhere between 51,000 to 152,000 acres of public land in the proposed Great Burn Wilderness, which straddles the Idaho-Montana Border north of Lolo Pass.

Public lands and public health at risk

NEPA ensures public involvement and participation regardless of whether you’re talking about a plan that will guide national forest management for 20-30 years or a recreation plan for your favorite trail system.

Pollution at the Heart of Lake Coeur d’Alene

There are already 75 million tons of toxic mine waste on the lake bottom. If upstream contaminants interact with the existing mine waste, a potential disaster could erupt, threatening the health of local communities, fish and wildlife.

Idaho’s Snake River: The Trout Capital of the USA 

As the Snake faces stricter limits on pollution in the river and the groundwater, we look forward to working with Idaho’s aquaculture industry to continue to protect the clean water resources that are so important to all of us.

Don’t Blink

This week several noteworthy public lands-related bills stumbled out of the starting gates and the House Ed Committee took an axe to education standards, but we successfully fended off attacks on Building Codes!