CONSERVATION -- Hat's off to proponents of current North Idaho land and water conservation efforts that are trying to get traction.

Check out these recent stories:

•  Stimson Lumber seeks support for N. Idaho conservation plan
• The dispute over the Clagstone Meadows conservation easement
• Chesrown’s former ranch could be returned to wetlands in proposed land swap

Comments on the proposed wetlands-for-timber trade can be submitted through March 24: r1fa_grants@fws.gov.