Tag: salmon

Stories of the Snake: A precious resource since time immemorial

From its headwaters in eastern Idaho and Wyoming, the upper tributaries of the Snake River boast some of the best fishing on the planet. The situation is much different downriver …

Saving Salmon, Protecting a Way of Life

We often say that, without the work of Tribes, Idaho’s wild salmon and steelhead would be gone. It’s easy to dismiss this as hyperbole, but in this case, it’s not …

ICL in DC: Advocating for Northwest Salmon with the Columbia Snake River Campaign

This September, ICL staff flew to our nation’s capitol with a group of advocates from the newly restructured Columbia Snake River Campaign to show unity in our push for a …

From Summer to School, It’s Always the Busy Season for Youth Salmon Protectors!

Over the past few months, Youth Salmon Protectors (YSP) have continued our tireless advocacy for the removal of the lower Snake River dams to save salmon and steelhead from extinction. …

ICL and Partners continue fight to protect clean water and Idaho communities from flawed Stibnite Gold Project

Today, the U.S. Forest Service released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Draft Record of Decision for the Stibnite Gold Project near Yellow Pine in Valley County, Idaho. This …

Stibnite Gold Mine Plan fails to address concerns about toxic mine pollution in Salmon River headwaters

For Immediate Release: Friday, September 6th, 2024  Contacts:  Mary Faurot Petterson, Save The South Fork Salmon, savethesouthfork@gmail.com Randy Fox, Idaho Conservation League, rfox@idahoconservation.org  Nick Kunath, Idaho Rivers United, nkunath@idahorivers.org  Will …

Defend the South Fork Salmon River Watershed – McCall, Idaho

DAY-OF UPDATE: Due to weather, this event will now be held at the Pavilion in Ponderosa State Park. Other event details remain the same. Join Advocates for the West, the Idaho …

Deeper Dive: Tribal Circumstances Analysis and Other Research Shows Immense, Intentional Effects of Federal Hydroelectric Dams on Northwest Tribal Nations

Recent research by the U.S. Department of the Interior showed that the construction and continued operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) – the set of 31 federal …

Congress undermines the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement

The US House of Representatives is threatening to sabotage years of progress and months of negotiations that culminated in the groundbreaking Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement last year. The Agreement, forged …

Faces of ICL: From Cache Valley to conservation advocate, meet Micah Austin

ICL has worked to protect and restore Idaho’s air, water, lands, and wildlife for over 50 years. In each and every of those years, we’ve relied on our members to …