Home to elk, wolves, and salmon, Idaho's Boulder-White Clouds are one of the most pristine mountain ranges in the northwest. They are also the largest unprotected backcountry in the continental United States. After ten years of painful negotiations, local conservationists and Republican lawmakers have reached an agreement that will grant permanent protection to the mineral-rich land and bring economic assistance to some of Idaho's poorest counties.

Tell Idaho's Senator Jim Risch, who sits on the Senate Natural Resources Committee, that Idaho and the environment need him to stop wavering and stand behind this bill.