IBO's Blog

Public meeting on CuMo Exploration Project scheduled.

We all need water and our waters need us, is Nichol’s poignant and timely message to everyone in “Blue Mind.” It struck a chord with me. We have waters in Idaho that need us; what’s our relationship to these waters? What’s our collective responsibility and my own responsibility to “my water.”

For several years, Idaho has been warding off threats of a sage brush rebellion that would allow for the transfer of public lands to the state. Some say this would bring more revenue to our state, but history suggests a different outcome. Public lands that are transferred to the state are frequently sold off to the highest bidder to generate revenue for the state, ultimately limiting public access to our outdoors.