4 public places under threat in Idaho
28 groups have them in their care
The defenders
6 groups are on the record for Idaho, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other 6 are likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying them to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Grassroots · Boise, ID
Mobilized Idahoans to file Interior Department comments defending Craters of the Moon during the 2017 national monument review, arguing shrinkage would damage the economies of Blaine, Butte, Minidoka, and Power counties.
Fighting for Craters of the Moon and Stibnite Mine / Boise·1 live federal case
37 staff + 343 volunteers74¢ to the workFounded 1973
Legal · Hailey, ID
Challenging BLM’s grazing management across 1.4 million acres of the Jarbidge and Bruneau river canyonlands, where it won an injunction blocking ranchers from grazing beyond their permit limits.
Fighting for Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers and Craters of the Moon·4 live federal cases across all their work
18 staff85¢ to the workFounded 1993
Legal · Boise, ID
Represented Western Watersheds Project in the Jarbidge grazing litigation, winning 2004 and 2005 NEPA rulings, a 2009 injunction that grazing-as-usual must end, and a 2011 order closing 17 allotments across the 625,000-acre resource area.
Fighting for Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers and Stibnite Mine / Boise·1 live federal case across all their work
14 staff + 41 volunteers79¢ to the workFounded 2003
Also in the fight
Legal · Tucson, AZ
Plaintiff and co-counsel in the February 2025 lawsuit arguing federal wildlife agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to protect salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and wolverine from the mine.
Fighting for Stibnite Mine / Boise·12 live federal cases across all their work
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ to the workFounded 1989
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Plaintiff in the February 2025 federal lawsuit over the Stibnite Gold Project’s threats to the East Fork South Fork Salmon River.
Fighting for Stibnite Mine / Boise
112 staff + 55 volunteers78¢ to the workFounded 1973
Watchdog · Washington, DC
Plaintiff in the federal Stibnite lawsuit and party to the June 2026 Ninth Circuit appeal seeking to stop construction of the mine.
Fighting for Stibnite Mine / Boise
58 staff + 11 volunteers75¢ to the workFounded 1988
Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight
Wildlife · Boise, ID
Idaho is one of the 4 states they work in
86 staff + 165 volunteers79¢ to the workFounded 1970
Legal · Santa Fe, NM
2 live federal cases across all their work
2 live federal cases
41 staff + 20 volunteers78¢ to the workFounded 1996
Friends Group · Hamilton, MT
Idaho is one of the 2 states they work in
Founded 2005
Friends Group · La Grande, OR
Idaho is one of the 2 states they work in
7 staff + 6 volunteers85¢ to the workFounded 1967
Wildlife · Missoula, MT
Idaho is one of the 4 states they work in
$174K revenue in 2023Founded 1981
On the ground in Idaho
The national muscle
The places
Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.
On watchCraters of the Moon National MonumentGrazing impacts on expanded monument landsYour move
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Their donation page ↗SpeakComment and callOpen comment windows and call scripts for fights like this one, ready to send.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands Map6 groups on the record, 6 more likely to care, Idaho Conservation League with 37 staff + 343 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
