In the summer of 2022, and again in the fall of 2023, Idaho Conservation League members, volunteers, and staff ventured to Vineyard Lake to pick up trash and learn about …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Heading home from the gorgeous views at Lunch Peak a few weeks ago, with a full bucket of huckleberries that were bursting with juicy goodness, I couldn’t imagine the day …
[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 …
Across southern Idaho, an incredible hydrologic feature is shifting, filtering, trickling below the feet of Idahoans every day: the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer (ESPA). This aquifer is responsible for …
