Press Releases
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April 30, 2008: Silver Creek Offers Summer Activities
Join Silver Creek for fun summer activities including wildflower walks, birding, barbecues and more!
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Dayna Gross
208-788-7910 |
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April 28, 2008: Conservancy Begins Hells Canyon Restoration Effort
The Nature Conservancy began an effort in April to restore areas of its Garden Creek Preserve, located in Hells Canyon, that burned in extensive 2007 fires.
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Matt Miller
208-250-2203 |
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February 19, 2008: Conservancy Asks State To Determine Source of Mercury
The Nature Conservancy has sent a letter to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) asking to evaluate the potential sources of high mercury levels found in Silver Creek, and urging the department to take action to protect southern Idaho’s waters.
The request follows research findings released by the U.S. Geological Survey in November, indicating that that brown trout in Silver Creek contained elevated mercury levels.
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Matt Miller
208-350-2203 |
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December 18, 2007: Poll: 83 percent of Idahoans support incentives to keep farmers, ranchers, forest owners on land
A recent poll showed that Idahoans support incentives for landowners who agree to keep their land in farming, ranching and forestry in order to protect clean water and wildlife habitat.
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Matt Miller
m_miller@tnc.org
208-350-2203 |
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December 18, 2007: Opinion: Silver Creek Community Embodies Leopold's Land Ethic
A love of clean water, wildlife and place makes Silver Creek a conservation success--and provides hope as we face new challenges to this special place.
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Trish Klahr
208-788-8988 |
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November 14, 2007: High Mercury Levels Found in Silver Creek Brown Trout
A study funded by The Nature Conservancy has revealed that brown trout in Silver Creek, a world famous trout fishing stream, contain elevated levels of mercury--with some fish registering levels four times higher than the amount considered safe for consumption by pregnatn women and children.
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Dayna Gross
208-788-7910
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July 03, 2007: Flat Ranch Preserve Offers Summer Speaker Series
Make The Nature Conservancy's Flat Ranch Preserve a part of your summer vacation to Yellowstone, with free events each week of the summer.
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Laura Woodrum
lwoodrum@tnc.org |
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June 27, 2007: Idaho Hemingway House Foundation to Fund Hemingway House Restoration
The Idaho Hemingway House Foundation has donated $26,000 for the restoration of Ernest Hemingway's last home, owned by The Nature Conservancy. The funding will enable the Conservancy to continue restoration of the home to its historic condition.
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Matt Miller
(208)350-2203
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April 23, 2007: Silver Creek Mudsnail Study Completed
Good news for Silver Creek's fishery: A cold mudsnail is a dead mudsnail.
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Trish Klahr
Silver Creek Watershed Manager
(208) 788-8988 |
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April 17, 2007: The Time Is Now To Address Climate Change
The Nature Conservancy is focused on collaborative solutions that will address climate change, creating a hopeful future for people and nature.
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Laura Hubbard
208-788-8988 |
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February 21, 2007: Spring Activities at Silver Creek Preserve
Silver Creek Preserve will offer a number of visitor activities this spring, including wildflower and bird walks, fly tying demonstrations and a barbecue.
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Dayna Smith
(208) 788-7910
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January 02, 2007: Conservancy Purchases ranch for sage grouse habitat
The Nature Conservancy has announced the purchase of the Bezold Ranch adjacent to its Crooked Creek Ranch Preserve, located 20 miles northwest of Dubois.
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Matt Miller
206-343-8826 |
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January 02, 2007: Nature Conservancy Announces Acquisition of Henry’s Lake Easement
The Nature Conservancy has announced the purchase of a 160-acre conservation easement on a working cattle ranch in the Henry’s Lake area. The easement is the latest in the Conservancy’s Henry’s Lake Ranchland Protection Project, with the goal of protecting wildlife habitat and working ranches in one of the fastest growing areas in the region.
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Matt Miller
208-343-8826 |
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January 02, 2007: Nature Conservancy Wraps Up Silver Creek’s 30th Anniversary Season
With the close of fishing season on November 30 concluded The Nature Conservancy’s 30th anniversary year at Silver Creek Preserve. During the fishing season, which opened May 27, the preserve attracted 7301 visitors representing every U.S. state and 13 countries.
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Matt MIller
208-343-8826 |
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January 02, 2007: Eric Stone Hired as Nature Conservancy of Idaho’s Director of Conservation Science
The Nature Conservancy of Idaho has announced the hire of Eric Stone of Jackson as the organization’s new director of conservation science. Stone will lead the organization’s conservation planning, research, restoration and monitoring efforts on projects around the state
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Matt Miller
208-343-8826 |
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December 18, 2006: Nature Conservancy Makes Gift To Idaho: Ritter Island to Become Newest State Park
The Nature Conservancy of Idaho has donated Ritter Island to the State of Idaho to become the state’s newest state park. The preserve will become a unit of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation’s Thousand Springs Complex.
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Matt Miller
208-343-8826 |
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October 30, 2006: Idaho Chapter Opposes Proposition 2
The Nature Conservancy of Idaho’s board of trustees announced today their opposition to Proposition 2, following a vote at the Chapter’s October 13 meeting in Hailey.
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Will Whelan
208-350-2202 |
