The over 100-year-old Mackay Dam in Idaho’s Custer County needs repairs and poses a risk to the town of Mackay just downstream and the Idaho National Laboratory about 30 miles further, according to the Idaho Department of Water Resources and the Environmental Defense Institute, an Idaho nonp…

BOISE—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing proposed aquatic life water quality standards for mercury pollution in Idaho that could have statewide ramifications.

David R. Kimpton grew up in Idaho and studied natural resource management. After 21 months in the U.S. Army as a helicopter crew chief, he went to work for the U.S. Forest Service, transferring to the Stanley Ranger District in August 1971 during the earliest days of the Sawtooth National Re…

The first two sockeye salmon completed the 900 mile swim from the Pacific Ocean to the Sawtooth Basin on July 28, about a week earlier than usual.

BOISE—Climate change could make it more challenging to conserve and manage the state’s most at-risk fish, wildlife and plants, Idaho officials said.

Dry heat, gusty winds from thunderstorm downdrafts and possible lightning strikes created ripe conditions for wildfire in Blaine County on Thursday afternoon, triggering the third red-flag warning of the season for the Wood River Valley.

Smoke from wildfires burning in central Idaho and the surrounding region has cast a haze over the pristine mountain views in the Wood River Valley—and has started to negatively impact the area’s air quality. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality reported Thursday that the air-quality…

The Moose Fire burning at the confluence of the Main Salmon and North Fork Salmon River grew by over 12,000 acres over the weekend, days after two helicopter pilots died in a crash while fighting the blaze.

Heads up anglers, the annual fish salvage in the Richfield Canal and Big Wood River below Magic Reservoir, which eliminates daily limits on catches, is coming earlier than usual this year due to drought.

The Moose Fire burning at the confluence of the Main Salmon and North Fork Salmon River grew by over 12,000 acres over the weekend, days after two helicopter pilots died in a crash while fighting the blaze.

The Sawtooth National Forest is seeking public comment on a new outfitter and guide management plan that would streamline the application process for outfitters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

A red flag warning remains in effect in the southern half of Blaine County today, July 22, as two large wildfires continue to burn north and south of the Wood River Valley.

A new draft report released by President Biden’s administration last week found that breaching lower Snake River dams is “essential” to helping protect and recover threatened  salmon populations.

A female black bear scheduled for euthanasia due to a pattern of rifling through garbage cans in the Warm Springs area of Ketchum died Monday afternoon shortly after it was darted and trapped by Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers.

A wildfire near Gooding spread to 12,000 acres by Tuesday morning, less than a day after it sparked near Bray Lake.

Work began this week on Bald Mountain to remove dead trees, plant new ones and free up ski terrain. The effort is part of a five- to seven-year collaboration between Sun Valley Company, the National Forest Foundation, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.