K-12 Professionals, join ICL’s Senior Conservation Associate, Josh Johnson and the Sawtooth Science Institute in this professional development course titled “A Mining Story.” The course will be looking at the …
Budgets are being approved, and the legislature appears to be moving towards the door. The target date for adjournment is March 25. It’ll be close, but I anticipate they’ll stick …
This week, the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee heard from Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Director Jess Byrne, who’s proposing to spend $300 million over five years to upgrade Idaho’s drinking …
A contaminated waste rock pile and problematic tunnel continue to pollute the East Fork of the Big Wood River, nearby wetlands, and potentially waters further downstream.
The mining industry, while it can be important locally, represents less than 1% of Idaho’s economy and is also the largest polluter in the United States, while tourism is Idaho’s third largest industry behind agriculture and technology.
"The East Fork of the Big Wood River is a spectacular river stretch and our community deserves to know that everything is being done to keep the water clean.”
