The Latest from ICL
Don’t Blink
This week several noteworthy public lands-related bills stumbled out of the starting gates and the House Ed Committee took an axe to education standards, but we successfully fended off attacks on Building Codes!
When the Walls Come Tumbling Down
This week: an effort to entirely eliminate the Idaho Energy Conservation Code, politics and wolf management, dredge mining rules, science standards, and working with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
ICL Loses a Dear Friend, Steve Lockwood
Earlier this month, ICL board member Steve Lockwood unexpectedly passed away. Steve was a passionate environmentalist, a wonderful member of the ICL family, and a friend to many. He will be sorely missed and our heartfelt condolences go out to his wife, children and the rest of the Lockwood family.
Bills Surface as Federal Protections Sink
Almost 80 different proposed statutes have been proposed; several caught our attention.
It’s Not Easy Being Green
The main focus this week in the statehouse continues to be Administrative Rules, and there’s still no “deal” to appease House Republicans who want veto power over the rules process.
2020 Legislative Update: Science Standards, Back In The Crosshairs
The good news is that most of the important rules that protect Idaho’s environment were preserved. The bad news is that some rules are back for consideration, including the K-12 Science Standards.
2020 Legislature – Beware, Dead Bills Will Rise Again
Every Friday during the legislative session, I email an update about the week's latest conservation happenings at the Statehouse.
Enduring the Idaho Wilderness Trail: From Atlanta to Stanley in Less Than Two Days
This guest blog is from ultrarunner, Steven Palmer from Boise, ID who leads us on a tour through the Sawtooth section of the Idaho Wilderness Trail.
ICL Awards Chris Ryan and Eric Barker at North Idaho Dinner
Ryan won ICL’s highest award, the Keith and Pat Axline Award for Environmental Activism, and Barker won the J. Robb Brady Award for Environmental Journalism