Voices in the Wilderness
By Deb Hunsicker
Reader Contributor
“There’s some kind of animal down there.” I shift my attention from the bag of trail mix I’m focused on and scan the area my …
By Deb Hunsicker
Reader Contributor
“There’s some kind of animal down there.” I shift my attention from the bag of trail mix I’m focused on and scan the area my …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Idaho Department of Lands Director Dustin Miller handed down a decision Oct. 27 approving the Idaho Club’s request for an encroachment permit for its 105-slip …
By Jennifer Ekstrom
Reader Contributor
I recently had the great honor to attend the Upper Columbia United Tribes’ conference on transboundary mining pollution in lovely Osoyoos, British Columbia. Indigenous speakers …
By Mary Timblin
Reader Contributor
When Gail Bolin presented a talk on the declining number of monarch butterflies at the East Bonner County Library last winter, she would have never …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
This topic was suggested by community member, Julie Perchynski. Thanks, Julie!
It’s hard to throw a stone in Bonner County without hitting a tree. Though …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
It’s been out of the public eye for months, but the battle over public access to Lake Pend Oreille at Camp Bay is not over. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Current and former Sandpoint city staff, elected officials, friends and members of the Russell family, as well as representatives of local court sports groups, construction …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
While the Sandpoint City Council approved the final contracts for the James E. Russell Sports Center on Sept. 27, and construction crews erected fencing Oct. …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Idahoans feel the impact of climate change every summer when temperatures skyrocket and fire season fills the air with smoke. Rising temperatures around the globe …
By Brad Smith
Reader Contributor
The Idaho Conservation League was founded in 1973 to be the voice for conservation in the Idaho Legislature. Conservation activists and local groups from around …
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