Majestic forests are a defining character of the Greater Clearwater Country and a main focus of Friends of the Clearwater.

The diversity of habitats, free-flowing rivers and streams, and opportunities to enjoy majestic scenery and quiet recreation on forests on public lands are values citizens highly cherish.

There are seven threatened and endangered species native to the Wild Clearwater. Friends of the Clearwater advocates for the full recovery of Idaho's rarest wildlife and full enforcement of the Endangered Species Act. 

The Clearwater basin contains 1.5 million acres of unprotected wilderness, knows as “roadless areas”. Friends of the Clearwater believes each of these irreplaceable areas should be legislatively protected as wilderness.