FOR OUR RIVERS
IRU’s 2025 Annual Report
IRU is excited to share our 2025 Annual Report. We are extremely proud of all the work we have been able to accomplish with your help and support. This Report highlights the powers of collaboration, tenacity, and dedication to doing what is right. It tells the story of 2025 at IRU, but there is much more to learn. Following the report below, you will find expanded articles with more content and context. Thank you for your part in protecting Idaho’s rivers.
Thirty-five years ago, a small group of dedicated people came together and set something in motion, like mountain run-off after a good winter. Their efforts to protect local waters and fish gathered more and more support, and Idaho Rivers United was born. Over the years, we encountered obstacles of private interest, cataracts of greed, and eddies of federal bureaucracy. At the same time, however, IRU proved we could navigate these waters and that a path forward lay ahead for those willing to put in the work.
Decades later, we cannot always see past the horizon line, but we never hesitate to tee up to problems and setbacks, because the rivers of Idaho are too important to be left to chance. This year alone, IRU took action to meet major challenges, including Stibnite, CuMo, public land sales, and salmon extinction. We made calls and knocked on doors, took legal action, commissioned new data sources, and met with our fellow Idahoans to find common ground.
We have more work ahead of us. We have places to protect, dams to remove, replacement services to build, fish to recover… And we need all of you, now more than ever. Thank you for supporting us. Thank you for believing in IRU. Thank you for loving rivers.
Greg McReynolds
Executive Director