Spring has officially sprung! Migratory antelope, deer, elk, and moose are beginning their journeys from winter refuge throughout public lands across southeastern Idaho to summer habitat, primarily in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. And here at the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, our Idaho team is eagerly preparing for the Bureau of Land Management to release the final plan for the Upper Snake East Travel Management Planning Area later this season – a landscape that includes winter wildlife refuges and migratory corridors to summer habitat.

Last week, a U.S. District Court sided with the U.S. Forest Service and Canadian mining company Excellon Resources in a ruling that allows Excellon to proceed with the five-year Kilgore Gold Exploration Project, greenlighting exploratory drilling that puts the wildlife, rural character, and water quality of the foothills of Idaho’s Centennial Mountains and all those downstream at serious risk.

Take action for Yellowstone’s iconic wildlife in southeastern Idaho! Comment on BLM’s Draft Environmental Assessment for the Upper Snake East Travel Management Plan

GYC’s staff, dispersed across the region, know this firsthand and are excited to share some of their favorite things in this new blog series, GYC Staff Picks.

GYC’s staff, dispersed across the region, know this firsthand and are excited to share some of their favorite things in this new blog series, GYC Staff Picks.

GYC’s staff, dispersed across the region, know this firsthand and are excited to share some of their favorite things in this new blog series, GYC Staff Picks.

GYC is back in court challenging the Forest Service over their most recent approval of the Kilgore Gold Exploration Project. This exploration project—and the potential for open-pit, cyanide heap-leach mining down the road—continue to present serious threats to the values that make this area special.

An update on the fight against the Kilgore Gold Exploration Project in eastern Idaho.

An update on the Kilgore Gold Exploration Project post-comment period with the U.S. Forest Service.

On January 12, 2021 the U.S. Forest Service released a new Draft Environmental Assessment for the Kilgore Gold Exploration Project, 3-5 years of gold exploration proposed in the foothills of the Centennial Mountains near Kilgore, about 80 miles north of Idaho Falls on the Targhee National Forest.

The third installation of a three-part blog series on the Sand Creek Desert in Idaho.

The second installation of a three-part blog series on the Sand Creek Desert in Idaho.