Outreach: the Boise office carries out educational efforts in the community including speaking before groups, especially at the university and high schools. We also set up tables with displays of information to support AWR's campaigns. For public hearings, the office works with other groups in turning out supporters.

Media: we have been successful in obtaining state-wide press coverage addressing our bull trout and grizzly bear campaigns. We also receive TV coverage for our issue work and our staff occasionally appears on TV talkshows.

Research: the Boise office does considerable research to support AWR's ongoing campaign work and for our ecosystem defense work. This reseach has been published in the Alliance's Networker, results in media coverage, provides supplements to comments on listing of bull trout, on the proposed Forest Service road moratorium, etc.

Ecosystem Defense: the Boise office tracks developments on the Boise, Payette, and Sawtooth National Forests. This includes appeals of proposed actions, especially timber sales. We focus on affects on bull trout and other sensitive and threatened species, on water quality, and on economics. The office maintains an extensive file regarding timber sale economics on both the Boise and Payette National Forests.

The Boise office maintains liason with other conservation groups, performs fundraising tasks, and provides a valuable presence for the Alliance in southern Idaho, not far from some of the most unprotected roadless areas left in the continental U.S.

E-mail Don Smith at AWR's Boise office.

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