NWEA has worked to protect water quality in Idaho for people and other species.

NWEA had to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that Idaho’s water quality standards—from toxics to temperature— meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act. We have sued the federal expert fish and wildlife agencies to make sure they follow the Endangered Species Act to identify the toxic pollutants that jeopardize threatened and endangered species in Idaho such as salmon and bull trout. We have forced EPA to protect the public from arsenic in Idaho’s waters.