500,000+ Acres of Idaho’s Public Roadless Forests Face Invasive Development

Over 500,000 Acres. It’s hard to imagine just how big that is.Idaho’s Republican Governor petitioned the Forest Service to allow road building in protected roadless areas last year. They want road access for invasive development of a big chunk of our last roadless public lands. This invasive development includes, mining, drilling, logging and more. They …

Boiling Spings Hot Springs Taking Summer 07 Off

The Boise National Forest website and recreation.gov are both reporting that the Boiling Springs Guard Station, located north of Crouch and about 2.5 hours from Boise, will be closed for repairs until September 2007.I would imagine that the late-season, riverside pools that are near the campground of the same name are still a viable soak. …

Idaho’s Roadless Areas Under Attack

Long Story Short (here’s the long version)Pre-Bush: Roadless areas nationwide are protected as a whole. No roadless development is allowed.Bush Takes Office: Repeals roadless rule; revoking nationwide protections for roadless areas – our public lands! Puts in hands of local governors.Former Idaho Governor Kempthorne immediately begins petition process to plan road building regardless of wishes …

The Time to Defend Wolves is Now

We have just one week left to prevent the slaughter of hundreds of wolves in the Northern Rockies. Unless we stop them, federal officials could eliminate vital protections for these magnificent animals and spark the biggest wolf massacre in the lower 48 states to occur in decades.There are just 8 days remaining in the public …

Speak Up to Protect Idaho’s Backcountry Forests

The Forest Service is accepting comments on Idaho Roadless Areas. Idaho has more than 9.3 million acres of unprotected backcountry National Forests, more than any state in the lower-48.In 2006, then-Governor Risch asked the Forest Service to protect 8.8 million acres of Idaho’s backcountry roadless areas. His proposal would open over 525,000 acres to mining, …

Boise Idaho Julia Davis Park Concert for Climate this Saturday

Boise, IDApril 14, 2007 11:00AM to 04:00PMPlease come out for a day of fun, good music, and to express our deep concerns for our community and our planet! Mayor Bieter and Rep. Les Bock will be there to address the crowd! The bands playing for free will be Steve Eaton, Stella, Farmdog, The Hoochie Coochie …