KETCHUM, IDAHO - Following a visit by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) in June 2001, Carole King and members of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies took Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and her family on a four-day tour of the Idaho back country, where she also met with local residents.

The Democratic Congresswoman has been a lead sponsor of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) since 1993.