If you’ve ever driven through southern Idaho’s Snake River Plain, you’ve probably wrinkled your nose and thought, What’s that smell? The answer: cow manure—lots of it. Idaho ranks third in …
This week (March 9-15, 2025) is National Groundwater Awareness Week, an annual observance to highlight the responsible development, management, and use of groundwater. ICL will be doing a series of …
When most people think of the quagga mussels, they picture its devastating impact on infrastructure. When these highly invasive mussels were first discovered in Idaho, state officials issued a stark …
Tahlequah, the Southern Resident Orca who dominated headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for 17 days, is once again carrying another calf in a “tour of grief.” The …
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 …
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 …
Join ICL for a cleanup day at Vineyard Lake in the Snake River Canyon! As hidden as it is, Vineyard Lake sees a lot of recreationists – and the land there is …
With the spooky season upon us, let’s talk about the invasive species that is threatening to haunt our freshwater ecosystems here in Idaho – quagga mussels. As we have written …
Casual news readers this summer were greeted with cheerful headlines referring to a “record sockeye run” in the Columbia River. According to dam operators, more than 750,000 sockeye salmon (Onchorhynchus …
[NOTE: This blog was drafted prior to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s September 24, 2024 announcement that quagga mussel DNA has been found in the Snake River. The blog …
