Idaho's Boulder-White Clouds needs your help!
The Wilderness Society
Wild places had a huge victory recently: President Barack Obama protected the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as part of the California Coastal National Monument in March, using the authority of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Antiquities Act.
Now, there is an opportunity to permanently protect another incredible place: Central Idaho’s Boulder-White Cloud Mountains. This 571,000-acre complex of wild lands contains rocky peaks, lush mountain meadows, clear running rivers and abundant wildlife like bighorn sheep, black bears, wolverines, mountain goats, elk and migrating Chinook salmon. We must urge President Obama to protect the Boulder-White Clouds as a national monument and give this landscape the protection it deserves.
The Boulder-White Clouds is one of the largest intact roadless areas in the country that lacks permanent protection, and it remains vulnerable without a national monument designation. Rep. Mike Simpson has spent over a decade trying to protect this land as wilderness, but due to gridlock in Congress, that effort has stalled despite widespread bipartisan support. Enough is enough.
It is time for the White House to take action and preserve this unique wild area for generations to come. Please ask President Obama to safeguard the Boulder-White Clouds.
Photo: Castle Peak in Idaho's Boulder-White Clouds. Credit: Ed Cannady Photography.
Ask President Obama to protect Idaho’s Boulder-White Clouds!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
The Wilderness Society