For thirty-eight years, Friends of the Clearwater has staunchly protected and defended the public lands, waters and wildlife of the upper Clearwater River basin, a special place home to three Wild and Scenic Rivers, two National Historic Trails, two wilderness areas totaling over 1.5 million acres, and an additional 1.5 million acres of designated roadless […]

The fisher is a rare carnivore in the weasel family that lives deep in the forests of North America.

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The USFWS is proposing new rules for guiding grizzly bear management. Comments are due March 17th, 2025.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is changing direction on grizzly management in the Lower 48. FOC and allies have crafted a vision for what that recovery might look like in the Northern Rockies.

This article was first published in the Spring 2024 edition of the Clearwater Defender. You can have the Defender delivered straight to your house when you become an FOC member. Natural History Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) are eel-shaped jawless fish. Lamprey aren’t actually eels, but a kind of very primitive cartiliginous fish, like sharks and […]

NOTE: This article was published in the Spring 2024 edition of the Clearwater Defender, and is now somewhat dated. If you are interested in receiving articles like these to your home or inbox, consider becoming a member here. Grizzlies in the Bitterroot Ecosystem In last summer’s Defender (summer 2023) we reported on the results of […]

On April 8, wildlife advocacy and conservation groups including Friends of the Clearwater filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Montana, intending to gain protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the gray wolf in the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. This action comes on the heels of the Feb. 7 […]