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  • The future of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests

    Brett Haverstick

    The Forest Service is currently seeking public comments regarding the development of alternatives for the Forest Plan Revision on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests in North Central Idaho. The deadline is February 28. The new forest plan will guide management direction over the next 10 – 30 years. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for…

  • Northern Rockies Fishers One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection

    Press Release

    VICTOR, Idaho— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the  Northern Rockies fisher, a rare and vanishing species, may warrant federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. Fishers are cat-like, medium-sized members of the weasel family with slender, brown bodies and long,…

  • Idaho’s Clearwater Country deserves better, needs your help

    Brett Haverstick

    The merging of the Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests offers opportunity to plunder- Two very important national forests in north central Idaho were recently combined through administrative action. The Clearwater and the Nez Perce National Forests both operate under separate forest management plans, developed after years of analysis and public comment. There was even…

  • Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Northern Rockies Fisher

    Press Release

    For Immediate Release, September 23, 2013 Contact:​Tierra Curry, Center for Biological Diversity, (928) 522-3681 ​​Kylie Paul, Defenders of Wildlife, (406) 370-6979 ​​Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater, (208) 882-9755 ​​Travis Bruner, Western Watersheds Project (208) 788-2290 ​​ Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Northern Rockies Fisher Rare Forest Carnivore Threatened by Trapping, Habitat Loss MISSOULA,…

  • State Public Records Request Shows Widespread Capture and Mortality of Non-Target Animals Related to Idaho Wolf Trapping During 2011/2012 Trapping Season

    Ken Cole

    Rare Fishers Heavily Impacted A response to a state public records request, submitted by Western Watersheds Project to the Idaho Fish and Game Department, shows widespread capture and mortality of non-target species related to wolf trapping and snaring in Idaho during the 2011/2012 trapping and snaring season.  For the last two years, since wolves in the Northern…

  • Feds: Fishers in Rockies may need protection

    Ken Cole

    They need old growth forests for survival My wife and I were fortunate enough to see a fisher as we were driving over Lolo Pass a couple of years ago. This is one of the few areas where fishers still have a native population in the Rockies and, according to the press release, they are…

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