Wilderness in the Boulder and White Clouds mountains after 40 years of trying! Yesterday the U.S. Senate, just like the U.S. House did earlier this summer, passed a 275,000 acre […]
Bighorn sheep rider has been withdrawn by Mike Simpson.
The Idaho Statesman reports that Mike Simpson has withdrawn the rider which would have prevented the BLM and US Forest Service from addressing the ongoing issue of disease transmission from […]
A good week for bighorn sheep in Idaho. Simpson changes his tune. (UPDATED)
This week there have been two significant developments for bighorn sheep in Idaho that relate to the closing of domestic sheep grazing in occupied bighorn habitat. Payette Decision Moves Forward […]
Idaho’s U.S. Representative Mike Simpson earns place in Congress’ top ten “enemies of the Earth”
League of Conservation Voters lists the top ten- The League of Conservation Voters has been ranking members of Congress on their conservation records for many years now. They have just […]
Bighorn sheep reintroduced to Nevada’s, Virginia Range
Release of 32 bighorn underway- This release by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, Nevada Bighorns Unlimited and private individuals has taken 20 years to be accomplished. The stock for the […]
Beautiful Payette Lake, Idaho is high in Mercury. Careful eating those fish!
A cement plant in a sparsely inhabited part of Oregon produces massive amounts of neurotoxic mercury. Idaho’s Simpson wants to give them a free pass to pollute Idaho- Mercury is […]
House Democrats to Take Aim at Policy Riders in Interior, EPA Spending Battle
Update on efforts to kill the anti-conservation measures in the House’s DOI budget bill for 2012- This is a thorough update to the earlier story we posted on this. House […]
Gutting Bighorn Sheep Protections
Fiscal Year 2012 – House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill – Part 3 Another provision of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill would make it impossible for land management agencies to help bighorn sheep […]