BOISE, Idaho, March 13 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - Legal Victory Will Protect Idaho's Wildlife, Pets * * * In a key victory for wildlife, conservation groups finalized an agreement that sets strict limits on how and where a federal agency can kill wolves in Idaho, bans the use of M-44 "cyanide bombs" statewide, and prohibits the use of snares to kill wolves on public lands. The new restrictions on wolf snares and the M-44 ban will remain  more

SANDPOINT, Idaho, March 11 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - Reconstructing Northern Idaho Road Threatens Grizzly Bears, Caribou, Lynx * * * Five conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection over their decision to reconstruct a northern Idaho road on the Canadian border that would harm imperiled grizzly bears, mountain caribou and other wildlife in the Selkirk Mountains. "Building a road through this   more

BOISE, Idaho, March 14 -- The Idaho Education Association issued the following news: HB 523, which would increase state allocations to districts by $223 million over the next five years to increase pay for veteran educators and bolster Idaho's sub-standard teacher retention rates, passed the Senate Education Committee on a unanimous vote Thursday. It now goes to the Senate floor with a vote likely to take place Monday. HB 523 has already passed the House. IEA member Stacy Westcott of Fruitland  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: Voters in six states, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington, and Idaho, voted in their respective state's primary elections. Election Protection, the nation's largest and longest-running nonpartisan voter protection coalition, fielded complaints by way of its 866-OUR-VOTE hotline from the time polls opened to the time they closed. In addition, Election Protection volu  more

MANHATTAN, New York, March 14 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following statement: The Idaho chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee voted down Senate Bill 1384, legislation that would force K-12 schools to allow employees to carry concealed, loaded handguns in the classroom and on school grounds:   more

KEENE, California, March 13 -- The United Farm Workers issued the following testimony: Chairman Guthrie, Vice Chair Hartog, and members of the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today and share the views of the United Farm Workers of America ("UFW") and UFW Foundation and the experience of the workers we represent. My name is Areli Arteaga, I am proud to come from a family whose labor feeds the United States and many parts of the world. I am also p  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 10 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on March 9: A federal appeals court affirmed key rulings imposed by an Idaho judge to prevent the U.S. Forest Service from again illegally authorizing the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to conduct helicopter-assisted wildlife-collaring operations in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Today's ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunct  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 13 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: * * * - Legal Victory Will Protect Idaho's Wildlife, Pets * * * In a key victory for wildlife, conservation groups finalized an agreement that sets strict limits on how and where a federal agency can kill wolves in Idaho, bans the use of M-44 "cyanide bombs" statewide, and prohibits the use of snares to kill wolves on public lands. The new restrictions on wolf snares and the M-44 ban will remain in p  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 12 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * - Legal Victory Will Protect Idaho's Wildlife, Pets * * * In a key victory for wildlife, conservation groups finalized an agreement that sets strict limits on how and where a federal agency can kill wolves in Idaho, bans the use of M-44 "cyanide bombs" statewide, and prohibits the use of snares to kill wolves on public lands. The new restrictions on wolf snares and the M-44 ban will remain in place until   more

SANDPOINT, Idaho, March 11 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * - Reconstructing Northern Idaho Road Threatens Grizzly Bears, Caribou, Lynx * * * Five conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection over their decision to reconstruct a northern Idaho road on the Canadian border that would harm imperiled grizzly bears, mountain caribou and other wildlife in the Selkirk Mountains. "Building a road through this pristine area of  more