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ICL adds new team member, two step into new roles

The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) is pleased to welcome a new Communications Manager and two transitions into new positions in its Boise and Sandpoint offices.

Idaho conservation group files litigation to restart and improve large restoration project in Boise National Forest 

The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Forest Service for failing to comply with environmental laws when it approved the 20-year “Sage Hen Integrated Forest Restoration Project.”

New Assessment Released by the McClure Center Highlights Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities for Idaho’s Economy

“The impact of climate change in Idaho will present challenges and opportunities to all sectors of our economy – from agriculture to recreation and tourism, energy, human health, infrastructure and land – according to a series of reports prepared by Idaho researchers.”

ICL calls on Washington leaders for decisive action — salmon, orca, and Tribal justice cannot wait

Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) released a joint statement formally announcing a “federal-state process on salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin and the Pacific Northwest.”

ICL encouraged by Biden Administration announcement on Columbia-Snake River litigation pause

The Idaho Conservation League joined other plaintiffs, the Nez Perce Tribe, the State of Oregon, and federal defendants to file a request for a stay in the long-running litigation associated with the continued operation of Snake and Columbia River dams and their effect on threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead.

Idaho Conservation League statement on Governor Inslee and Senator Murray’s Salmon Action Plan

On October 14, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced that he and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) are actively working on a “Salmon Action Plan” process to save Idaho’s wild salmon and steelhead from extinction.

Report: Groundwater quality remains poor in southern Idaho 

ICL’s study shows that groundwater quality in the Magic Valley is in a bad state and indications are that it will worsen in the future.

Comprehensive Plan to permanently conserve Payette Lakes endowment lands submittted

On September 22nd, United Payette (UP), a coalition of local and regional stakeholders, submitted a proposal to the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) and the Idaho Land Board today that …

Idaho conservation group warns of lawsuit to protect threatened bull trout

ICL filed a notice of intent to sue with the USFWS for failing to adequately assess the impacts the Boise National Forest’s Sage Hen Project would have on bull trout.

Appeals court upholds decision that Sawtooth Valley water diversions harm salmon

With one of the worst steelhead runs on record, we all need to do our part to prevent iconic salmon and steelhead from going extinct.