SANDPOINT, Idaho, Aug. 22 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: A developer has renewed plans to build luxury housing and a private marina on the shores of Idaho's Trestle Creek with a proposal that would harm a key spawning site for threatened bull trout. "The Idaho Club's proposal was a horrible idea last year and it's just as horrible now," said Kristine Akland, Northern Rockies director for the Center for Biological Diversity. "This is n  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The National Coalition for Housing Justice issued the following agency statement on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * The National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) calls on the Biden-Harris administration to stop using federal police to respond to homelessness. In May of this year, undercover U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management police officers violently arrested Judy, Timber, and Brooks Roberts for living in a camper in the Payette National Forest north of Boise, I  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The National Coalition for Housing Justice issued the following news: The National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) calls on the Biden-Harris administration to stop using federal police to respond to homelessness. In May of this year, undercover U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management police officers violently arrested Judy, Timber, and Brooks Roberts for living in a camper in the Payette National Forest north of Boise, Idaho. They were forced to live in th  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: Late last week, the Bureau of Land Management Idaho office announced its final decision for the Resource Management Plan of the Four Rivers Field Office, affecting over three-quarters of a million acres in southwest Idaho. The plan encompasses lands vital for slickspot peppergrass, greater sage-grouse, and bighorn sheep, but allows the most widespread use - livestock grazing - to continue in their habitat  more