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Earlier this week, the 10th annual Latino Conservation Week kicked off. The celebration is nationwide and promotes access to the outdoors among the Latino community and recognition of their conservation efforts with a week full of activities geared towards protecting our environment and enjoying nature.
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Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including a look at the one year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and why one Boise city council member is stepping down.
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The Bureau of Land Management will extend the public comment period through July 5 on a proposal to elevate conservation on its lands. The announcement follows significant pushback from conservatives, energy companies and ranchers in the Mountain West
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The Payette Land Trust has been working to conserve Cougar Island.
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When Craig Utter talks about the decades-long mission and the day-to-day hefty lifting of the Payette Land Trust, he often uses the word “forever.” Indeed, when the Trust helps craft a historic conservation easement agreement for a portion of Cougar Island, the end product would have an ever-lasting impact.
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The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a new Public Lands Rule that would - among other things - clarify that "conservation is a use on par with other uses of federal public lands."
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its Grassland Conservation Reserve Program, a voluntary program that pays landowners and agricultural producers to maintain grass habitats critical for local ecosystems.
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The Interior Department announced about $300 million in new funding last week for conservation projects. The majority of the money comes from the 2021's bipartisan infrastructure law, and many of the investments focus on ecosystems and water resources in the Mountain West.
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The Bureau of Land Management recently proposed an overhaul to the way it manages federal public lands that would elevate conservation as pressure on Western rangelands mounts.
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Cecil D, Andrus, the logger who rose to become Idaho’s only four-term governor and ultimately engineered the conservation of millions of acres, would have been more than a bit interested in participating in an April 18, 2023 conversation