The torrent of anti-conservation measures that have been introduced during the 112th Congress this year is certainly enough to dampen the spirits of wilderness supporters far and wide. But it is for this very reason that the Oct.
Business owners, military vets, bilingual community members and conservation advocates - many of them on their first visit to DC - carefully prepped materials and presentations for a week of more than 20 visits.
Every September, Idaho resident Dana Menlove and her husband take to the river with their two young children, trading a few days in the classroom for the lessons of the Snake River’s South Fork.