The Idaho Environmental Council was formed in 1968 by Brock Evans, Northwest representative of the Sierra Club and the Western Federation of Outdoor Clubs. It was the first conservation group in Idaho to have “Environmental” in its name. The Idaho Environmental Council’s newsletter was first published from 1968 to 1970 by University of Idaho professor Jim Calvert and then from 1971 to 2009 the Council’s newsletter was edited and published by Gerald A. Jayne. Some of the biggest issues the Council worked on was stopping the logging in the upper Selway, putting an end to dredge mining in the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, and helping to keep a mine out of the White Clouds area, and trying to stop the building of the Teton Dam.
The Idaho Environmental Council records span the years 1980-1995. Included in the records are photographic negatives and information and correspondence relating to wildlife, state forests, wilderness management, Idaho wilderness areas, timber, grizzly bears, and Meadow Creek.
The original order was retained with materials from the 2001 accession.
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Idaho Environmental Council, MG 438, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho
The records of the Idaho Environmental Council were in the possession of Dennis Baird, an officer of the Council, until the time of donation.
The records of the Idaho Environmental Council were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Dennis Baird in October 2001 (MA 2001-20).
This collection was processed using the Basic processing method. Some materials were refoldered. The collection was reduced by 0.66 cubic feet.
Publications were removed and placed into a separate manuscript group Conservation Reports and Publications (MG 449).
Gerald A. Jayne papers MG 443
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