Idaho Rural Council

 The credo of the Idaho Rural Council states it is committed to preserving the economic well-being of Idaho's family farms and rural communities; to building a more sustainable society which will guarantee positive economic and social choices for present and future generations; to achieving good stewardship of humanity, land, air and water. The IRC says their mission is to endeavor to educate, organize, and empower farmers and the general public to develop community and state leadership, to build coalitions and to employ only legal and ethical means, consistent with democratic principles to achieve this mission. Pretty lofty goals.

 Here’s Rich Carlson, one of their founders and a lawyer. “Been around since 1986 and we work on issues of importance to rural Idahoans, farmers or ranchers or just rural people who want to preserve the quality of life in Idaho…who believe that Idaho has got precious natural resources, and we need to keep its rural economy strong but we also have to protect the natural resource.”