WILDERNESS -- A coalition of conservation groups has objected to a mining company’s request for a state water right permit for the proposed Rock Creek Mine on the Kootenai National Forest. According to a news release from Earthjustice, the permit would allow the mine to...
RIVERS -- A "Free the Snake" flotilla of boaters launched on the Snake River Saturday calling for the removal of four dams on the lower Snake to help improve salmon and steelhead habitat. The rally was staged out of Clarkston. The second annual event included...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Volunteers are needed for a work party at Blue Creek Bay Recreation Area east of Coeur d'Alene on Thursday, Sept. 22, to celebrate National Public Lands Day. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is organizing the service project for planting trees and…
TRAILS – The Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are trying to round up a big turnout to finish re-routing the popular Scotchman Peak Trail #65 northeast of Lake Pend Oreille. The group is organizing volunteers to add switchbacks and avoid a steep and badly…
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