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. …read more.

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 …read more.

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 …read more.

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 …read more.

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 …read more.

Boise, IDApril 14, 2007 11:00AM to 04:00PM Please 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 …read more.