As we enter what we hope are the final weeks of the Legislature, some eyebrow-raising bills are popping out of the woodwork. Among them are several new measures seeking to seize public lands.

In 1889, Idaho agreed to the conditions of statehood granting no further claims or land grants, writes H. Scott Calhoun.

Historian Donald Worster will be at JUMP as part of the Idea of Nature series on Mar 17, as well as an ICL-sponsored discussion on Mar 18.

It was a mixed bag in the Statehouse this week, starting with an overwhelming show of support for public lands but going quickly downhill from there. Fortunately, only a month remains of the Idaho legislative session!

Press release for the Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership Conference, Feb 24-25, 2016.

ICL shows up every day at the Idaho State Legislature, states our position and more often than not watches the Legislature sail in the opposite direction. This week, we saw some successes!

Three of the bills that we highlighted last week returned for a do over this week. ICL remains opposed to all three.

This was the busiest week of the Idaho Legislature so far. Several troubling bills were introduced dealing with public lands, suction dredge mining, oil and gas drilling, and wildlife. And the Tie of the Week is a nod to Idaho voters who overwhelmingly established that "clean water in the streams of Idaho is in the public interest."