Big thanks to all who participated in our inaugural IRU River Run! Twenty-five eager river-supporters registered to walk, run, hike, paddle, bike (and in one instance, boogie board!) their way to fundraising victory for our rivers. We were blown away by the over $4,000 they raised in their fundraisers.

The DEIS for this massive, open-pit gold mine is so inadequate that it precludes meaningful analysis. This DEIS, put simply, does nothing to alleviate our concerns about the myriad risks Midas would pose to the watershed of the South Fork, the recreational values of the area, and the public lands that it will impact.

Today, The Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Columbia River System Operations, a critical document in the review process for the Lower Snake River dams’ operations and for the fate of salmon and steelhead in Idaho.

A 28,000 acre swath of State-managed lands surrounding Payette Lake is in jeopardy of falling into private hands. Trident Holdings LLC is proposing a land exchange with the State of Idaho in order to acquire these forestlands, which provide important public recreation opportunities, wildlife habitat, and clean water benefits for the area.

Idaho is the best place in the world for people who love wild rivers. But, when Idaho Rivers United was founded in 1990, no one knew how successful it would be or how many friendships would be made along the way.

I became a member of Idaho Rivers United in 1992 after a Selway River trip with IRU's first Executive Director Wendy Wilson. It was 2 years after IRU's founding, and not long after it's genesis as the ‘Friends of the Payette’ with the sole mission…

A couple of days ago I woke up and read the newly released Final EIS on the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The FEIS, which contradicts the findings of the previous administration, identifies almost 200 miles of streams and more than 4,600 acres of wetlands that would be impacted…by Phase 1 of the project….

SEATTLE—Citing breathtaking levels of overreach, conservation, fishing, and paddling advocates today filed a complaint in federal court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule effectively sidelining the role the states and the public have long played in permitting decisions affecting clean water.

Newcrest Resources Inc, an Australian mining corporation, recently submitted a plan to conduct exploratory drilling for gold in the upper watershed of the Jarbidge River. IRU and other conservation non-profits are working to protect water quality, reduce the size of the site, and protect endangered Bull Trout.

Idaho Rivers United, alongside partners Idaho Sierra Club and Idaho Conservation League, secured additional protections for the headwaters of the Wild & Scenic Jarbidge River that would be impacted by a gold mining exploration project along the Nevada-Idaho border.

Pride of Bristol Bay and Idaho Rivers United are supportive business partners. We share salmon conservation issues, work together to protect fisheries from detrimental mining proposals, and share the same values about protecting wild salmon and wild rivers in all our key fishery systems. Learn more about Pride of Bristol Bay & purchase your sustainably caught, wild Alaskan salmon!

After two decades, the EPA has released a long-overdue plan to address hot water killing salmon in the Columbia and Snake River.