A rare combination of ideal conditions leads to Idaho's
biggest salmon and steelhead runs in 25 years.
Items by Steve Stuebner
In Idaho, the Winter Coalition has brought together
snowmobilers and Nordic skiers to zone winter recreation uses in
the Sawtooth National Forest.
The Supreme Court upholds Interior Secretary Bruce
Babbitt's grazing reforms, and allows non-ranchers to qualify for
grazing permits.
Some wolf advocates are furious over the recent killing of
five livestock-attacking wolves in the White Cloud Mountains of
Idaho.
Idaho hunting guides worry that reintroduced wolves will
kill too many elk and put outfitters like themselves out of
business.
The Forest Service's plan to cut whitewater rafting
numbers on Idaho's popular Middle Fork of the Salmon rouses
opposition from commercial boaters.
In Washington's Skamania County, pressure is building to
get public lands in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
back into private hands.
Flagrant cases of wildlife poaching inspire new
legislation throughout the West to crack down on criminal
hunters.
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission opposes the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service's plan to restore grizzly bears to the
state.
The Interior Columbia Basin Management Project has
produced a useful but depressing science document, "Status of the
Interior Columbia Basin."
The Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project -
a pioneer attempt to adopt a strategy for 75 million acres of
public land in the Northwest - has so far achieved little but its
own survival in the face of Republican attacks.
Developers' desire to build two subdivisions on private
land within Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area stirs up
trouble between landowners and the Forest Service.
An Idaho county jury assesses $1.15 million in damages
against 12 Earth First! Cove-Mallard protesters.
Nuclear waste critics got a "Stop the Shipments"
initiative on the November ballot, to derail Idaho Gov. Batt's
agreement to accept more waste - but some warn the situation is too
complex for a simple solution.
The Idaho Supreme Court rules that the State Land Board
erred in granting a grazing lease to a Challis rancher who had been
outbid by anti-grazing activist Jon Marvel.
Idaho opponents assail Mountain Home Air Force Base's
latest training-range expansion plans.
This year, some Idaho Snake River salmon may get to skip
the usual barge journey around dams and be allowed to swim over the
dams via spillways.
Researchers study the elusive wolverine and discover new
facts about the animal's range, numbers, social life and sexual
behavior.
Attempts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
"streamline" enforcement of the Endangered Species Act worry
environmentalists.
Four mining companies agree to pay the $50 million cost of
cleaning up toxic runoff from the defunct Blackbird Mine.
A heavy runoff from snow helps migratory salmon get over
dams on their way to the ocean.
Republican take-over and states' rights furor threaten
environmental regulations throughout West.
A slew of eagle-poaching incidents in southwest Idaho may
be linked to illegal wildlife trade.
An injunction on mining, logging and grazing on six Idaho
forests provokes huge community reaction and creates divisions
among environmentalists.
Environmental groups seek federal remedies to improve the
Snake River's flows.
Catfish farmer Don Campbell is one of many Idaho farmers
who want to help restore the Snake River.
Overpumping has drained Idaho's Snake River acquifer until
rivers like the Big Lost run dry.
Idaho's new Governor Philip E. Batt agrees to accept 11
railroad-carried casks of nuclear waste from the U.S.
Navy.
Ranchers bid against each other and the Idaho Watersheds
Project for grazing leases on Idaho state land.
Wise-use groups resist any attempt to restrict land
use.
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