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Environmental issues, especially the drive to demand the federal government turn over all of its land to the state, are playing a role in the key primary election races in Idaho.
TWIN FALLS — Anyone who cares about Idaho’s open spaces will learn something from “To Think Like a Mountain,” Niels Sparre Nokkentved’s fourth book. N.S. Nokkentved was a reporter for ...
Kellner’s colleague Ben Otto, who works on energy issues at the Idaho Conservation League, echoed the importance of statewide leadership on climate change.
Idahoans still value outdoor recreation and conservation, according to a recent poll, but Idaho lags behind other Western states in how severe it considers environmental issues like climate change ...
NAMPA, Idaho — The air quality for the Treasure Valley is currently considered red or unhealthy due to wildfires burning in surrounding areas, according to the Idaho Department of Environmental ...
BOISE, Idaho — The director of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality said Friday that the agency needs money to clean up or contain past mining waste. John Tippets told the Legislature's ...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An environmental group and Idaho officials have reached a tentative settlement over toxic discharge from an abandoned silver and lead mine in central Idaho near one of the ...
DHW works closely with South Central Public Health and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to identify, respond to, and monitor cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs).
Environmental Group Wins 20-Year Idaho Lease to Protect Landscape From Livestock Grazing. A bid of $8,200 won the grazing lease on 620 acres in central Idaho.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - UPDATE 8/25/21: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has lifted an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bonneville, Butte, Clark ...
Economic health, he adds, is as important as the health of the environment, if not more so. Idaho has proposed a cleanup plan that would cost $450 million but definitely conclude after 30 years.