Friends of the Clearwater is a science-based wildlands defense organization with a mission to protect the wild nature of the Clearwater and Salmon River Basins of central Idaho, including Wilderness and roadless areas, and habitat connectivity for large predators and other at-risk species on public lands. We conduct outreach and education, and participate in public processes to protect healthy populations of flora, fauna and fungi plus fully functioning ecological processes for sequestering and storing carbon to mitigate the effects of climate change. We work with other activists and environmental organizations to strengthen the network of citizen conservation. We use legal pressure when necessary to hold government agencies accountable for failing to adhere to environmental laws.