Emily Articulated: National parks
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
Last week, I closed the van doors on all the gear and supplies I’d meticulously measured, packed, stuffed and balanced inside. We were leaving for …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
Last week, I closed the van doors on all the gear and supplies I’d meticulously measured, packed, stuffed and balanced inside. We were leaving for …
By Katie Botkin
Reader Contributor
Public input and has already had an effect on the controversial draft Land Use Map developed by the Bonner County Planning Commission.
At its July …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
Astute bird-watchers and casual backyard feeders may have the occasional good fortune to witness a brilliant feathered neighbor darting between the branches: the western tanager.…
By Reader Staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials from Albeni Falls Dam will perform aquatic herbicide treatments at six locations on Lake Pend Oreille, totaling a minimum of 28 …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For green thumbs across the county, the first week of July is not only a time to recognize our independence, but also a time to …
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
When I started working to protect water quality in Lake Pend Oreille in 2009, our community was highly concerned about chemical herbicides being sprayed in …
By Ranel Hanson
Reader Columnist
“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”
— Pablo Neruda
This is the month gardeners wait …
By Delia Trenbath
Reader Contributor
Congratulations to the city of Dover for becoming a “Monarch City” — the second community in the state of Idaho to proudly carry that title. …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
By the time Idaho had adopted the monarch butterfly as its state insect in 1992, the migratory insects were already starting to grow scarce in …
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
The thought of Fernie, British Columbia conjures images of a quaint Rocky Mountain town that’s a haven for adventure and travelers; full of small-town charm, …
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