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.
Over the past few months, the staff of the Idaho Conservation League has been actively working to address these issues and working alongside farmers, city officials, fish producers, dairy farmers and others to find solutions.
ICL is working collaboratively with a diverse group of stakeholders to provide recommendations on rivers suitable for Wild and Scenic Rivers Act protection on the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists said they detected a more than three-fold increase in Yellowstone cutthroat spawning in Sheep Creek following a restoration project.
Each year, the estimated 417,000 dairy cows in the Magic Valley produce manure equivalent to 12 million people, or nearly one-and-a-half times the population of New York City.