The challenging waters of Idaho's irrigation needs became even more turbulent in recent weeks, with water users working through...

As we highlighted in our previous study (Powering the Mountain States: A snapshot of the region’s energy portfolio) our region is...

Idaho officials must feel like exhausted parents of independent toddlers. As any parent of young kids can relate to when you tell...

Protecting the Snake River dams and other federal water infrastructure is pivotal to the Northwest. We must remain dam strong for the benefi

By embracing baseload sources like natural gas, hydro, and nuclear these states can continue towards a more prosperous and resilient future.

Here is what Gemini AI recommended for Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming.

A new Senate Joint Memorial has been introduced by several lawmakers to oppose breaching the Snake River dams.

We need to make sure power is reliably and economically available for families when they need it during extreme weather.

Who should decide how public land is developed in Idaho – local elected officials or unelected bureaucrats in Washington D.C.?

We’ll be providing policymakers with recommendations to help sow the crop for a better agricultural climate.

More than 60% of land in Idaho is controlled by the federal government - meaning a loss of tax revenues for local government. How much...

Who is responsible for Idaho’s water supply? A generic answer would be ‘everyone.’ A more thoughtful answer would specify policymakers...

Unlike wildfire, new policies are difficult to move uphill, but prescribed burning is worth the push.

Federal lands are critical to the economic health of the west, and the damaging overreach of the executive branch needs to be stopped to pro

This is a joint MSPC op-ed with U.S. Senator Jim Risch (Idaho).

A standoff in the American west is occurring between two iconic symbols - ranchers and the Greater sage grouse.

Removing the Snake River dams would literally require an act of Congress. Such approval is highly unlikely.

Like murky water, it’s hard to see through the current Idaho water fight. As farmers watched the above average snowpack accumulate all...

Conservation leases need to be proposed legislatively, to keep this valuable policy tool unhindered by judicial proceedings.

Intermittent sources of energy, like wind and solar, create their own risks that need to be hedged.