The Legislature

• Your Voice for Conservation at the Capitol — Subscribe to our weekly reports on conservation issues in the Legislature here. You can also watch for our reports as they appear in the updates section on our home page.
• Hot Bills — We're keeping track of the bills the legislators are working on.
• Events — Check our calendar for Idaho Conservation League events related to the Legislature, including trainings.
• What You Can Do — What you can do to get involved, questions you may have, and tips for talking to legislators.
• Find out who represents you in the legislature. Contact your legislators and governor.
• Meet Your Lobbyist — Meet your voice for conservation in the Legislature.
• Successes — Some of our legislative accomplishments over the years.
• History — Since 1973, the Idaho Conservation League has been a strong and clear presence in Idaho's capitol.

Hot Bills

During session, we track bills that determine the future of our clean water and air, our families health and the Idaho we love.

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What You Can Do

• Attend a training to learn how to effectively lobby your legislators.
• Attend our annual lobby day for an "up close and personal" opportunity to meet your legislators.
• Respond to Idaho Conservation League action alerts:
• Sign up for our direct email alerts.
• Take action through the action alert on this web site.
• Subscribe to Your Voice for Conservation, a weekly e-mail newsletter tracking key legislation here.
• Bend their ears! Speak your mind to your legislators. We have some tips and answers to questions you may have about speaking to legislators.
• Check the Legislature's web page for updates and copies of bills.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

Interested in volunteering? Contact Courtney Washburn, at 208.345.6933.

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Meet Your Lobbyist

The Idaho Conservation League has been a voice for conservation full-time at the State Legislature for more than a quarter century.

We have two lobbyists at the Statehouse, Courtney Washburn and Justin Hayes.

Courtney can be reached at 208.345.6942 x17

Justin can be reached at 208.345.6942 x 24.

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Successes

The Idaho Legislature can seem like a harrowing wilderness sometimes. But Idaho Conservation League has spent 30 years here and is ready to be your guide.

We have a proud history of empowering Idahoans to protect their families, communities and special places through their Legislature. Working with our friends, neighbors and allies, we have helped pass many meaningful laws that protect our air, water and wildlife. These include the:

• 2007 Creation of a state energy plan
• 2006 Two-year moratorium on coal-fired power plants
• 2002 Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan
• 2000 Conservation easement tax benefit
• 1999 Idaho Fish and Game Department funding
• 1997 Surface Mining Act
• 1994 Forest Practices Act Enforcement Fund
• 1989 Clean Lakes Act
• 1985 Strengthened Idaho's Surface Mining Act
• 1978 Minimum Stream Flow Act
• 1975 Local Planning Act

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