Environmental issues, especially the drive to demand the federal government turn over all of its land to the state, are playing a role in the key primary election races in Idaho.

In an address Jan. 16 at an event organized by the Idaho Environmental Forum, ... a forecast of the environmental issues that may surface during the 2019 Idaho legislative session.

Idahoans still value outdoor recreation and conservation, according to a recent poll, but Idaho lags behind other Western states in how severe it considers environmental issues like climate change ...

TWIN FALLS — Anyone who cares about Idaho’s open spaces will learn something from “To Think Like a Mountain,” Niels Sparre Nokkentved’s fourth book. N.S. Nokkentved was a reporter for ...

NAMPA, Idaho — The air quality for the Treasure Valley is currently considered red or unhealthy due to wildfires burning in surrounding areas, according to the Idaho Department of Environmental ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An environmental group and Idaho officials have reached a tentative settlement over toxic discharge from an abandoned silver and lead mine in central Idaho near one of the ...

BOISE, Idaho — The director of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality said Friday that the agency needs money to clean up or contain past mining waste. John Tippets told the Legislature's ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - UPDATE 8/25/21: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has lifted an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bonneville, Butte, Clark ...

DHW works closely with South Central Public Health and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to identify, respond to, and monitor cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs).

The 21-square-mile Bunker Hill Superfund Site was designated by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1983, following a 1970s mining disaster: When a fire damaged the bags in its smelter ...

Environmental Group Wins 20-Year Idaho Lease to Protect Landscape From Livestock Grazing. A bid of $8,200 won the grazing lease on 620 acres in central Idaho.