The groups argue that the mine would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm threatened plants and animals, and ...

The Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees have hit McCall hard, especially because the Forest Service is one of the area’s most important employers.

Local and national conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today to challenge its approval of the Stibnite Gold Project, an open-pit cyanide leach gold mine in Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains.

More than 150 displaced workers and community members gathered in McCall to protest the layoffs and express concerns about their impact on public lands management.