The Confluence Fund

08/04/2015

Tonight we at the Confluence Fund raise our glasses to all those who worked so tirelessly to make this happen, especially everyone at the Idaho Conservation League and The Wilderness Society.

A wilderness bill that has been more than 40 years in the making was approved by the U.S. Senate Tuesday protecting 275,000 acres of the Boulder-White Clouds.

01/23/2015

Youch.

A staggering visual of how much oil spilled into the Yellowstone River. This estimate is based on EPA data that one gallon of oil spilled can cover 8 acres of surface water.

LIKE if you think we need to do a better job balancing energy development with keeping our rivers clean.

01/14/2015

Great piece by Scott Bosse on the recent good news for the North Fork of the Flathead.

It’s been said that good things come to those who wait.North Fork Flathead River | Scott BosseAfter four decades, the wait is finally over for all the citizens and conservation groups who have p

01/09/2015

For those groups who are wondering when the deadline is for submission of LOIs for our 2015 grant cycle, Confluence Fund has postponed its 2015 giving until further notice. We're very sorry for the inconvenience.

01/06/2015

Mining has no place in the middle of a world-class wilderness along a tributary to one of America's most beloved Wild & Scenic rivers.

The Forest Service is asking for comments on what it should do witha mine in the wilderness. Its choices do not include saying no.

12/03/2014

Great news for the Peel Watershed!

In a decision released this morning, Justice Ron Veale sided with First Nations and ruled that the Yukon government strayed from the process when it introduced its own land use plan at a late stage.

11/20/2014

Great video about the role that Wyoming's wilderness areas play in sustaining migratory big game populations.

This is "Wyoming's Big Game Migrations and 50 Years of Wilderness" by Biodiversity Institute on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

11/18/2014

It's hard to imagine that the government of B.C. would allow a tragedy of this scale to happen to such an amazing river. We hope the problem can be addressed before it spreads across the border to the Kootenai River in Montana.

With renewed plans to expand coal-mining operations in southeastern British Columbia’s Elk River drainage, located upstream from one of Montana’s world-class transboundary watersheds, researchers and government agencies are intensifying scrutiny... more

10/08/2014

To our friends in Idaho's Wood River Valley, please make your voices heard at this public meeting on Friday and stand up for our federal public lands.

The Idaho Mountain Express is Idaho's largest weekly newspaper and serves the Sun Valley, Idaho resort area communities with local news, opinion, sports, calendar of events and classified ads. The online edition features full text content of selected articles, selected classifieds categories and pho…

09/30/2014

Hats off to two of our grantees - American Rivers and Wyoming Outdoor Council - for organizing opposition to two proposed dams on Wyoming's magnificent Upper Green River.

Ten smaller reservoirs eyed for decade-long construction push

08/30/2014

It's well past time for the US Forest Service to nix these gas leases for once and for all.

WYOMING RANGE — From a distance, the country looks gentle. Tall mountains flow into rolling hills. Rivers and creeks snake down gorges and into valleys as they wind haphazardly through

06/26/2014

Kudos to two of our longtime grantees, the Idaho Conservation League and Advocates for the West, for shutting the door on gold mining on the South Fork of the Salmon River. Let's hope the door stays shut!

For the second time Canadian miner Midas Gold Co. has had its permit pulled due to a lawsuit by the Nez Perce and Idaho conservationists.