Updates on the state of Lake Pend Oreille
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began the spring refill of Lake Pend Oreille on April 1, with the goal of raising the water from the average winter levels...
Category: Pets & Animals
What will Alterra’s acquisition of Schweitzer mean for the resort’s environmental practices and future?
Brad Smith Reader Contributor Like many other local skiers and riders, I was curious to see what the acquisition of Schweitzer by Alterra Mountain Company (AMC) would mean for lift tickets and season passess....
Conservation groups petition USFS to outlaw aerial hunting of wolves in Idaho
More than 30 wildlife conservation groups joined forces Feb. 15 to back a petition to the U.S. Forest Service, requesting that the agency ban Idaho from paying private contractors to hunt wolves from aircraft...
Area Gray wolves denied Endangered Species Act protection
By Soncirey Mitchel Reader Staff The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a decision Feb. 2 denying wildlife conservation groups’ petition to protect northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act, which...
We can still save Trestle Creek and uphold Idaho’s Lake Protection Act
By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor In a remarkable show of unity and determination last year, our community rallied against a proposed expansive marina at the mouth of Trestle Creek on the shores of Lake...
Candid canine connection
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Monica Mosqueda, a certified professional dog trainer from Pend Oreille Veterinary Service, and her dog Logan Wolverine will visit the East Bonner Library Sandpoint Branch on Monday, Jan. 22...
Mother, homemaker, world builder
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Recently, upon a Christmas tidings visit to the Reader office, Publisher Ben Olson asked me a perfectly polite and simple question. It was something along the lines of: “Do...
Mike’s Corner: I don’t want the stick
By Mike Wagoner Reader contributor It was right about the time I got my first real job… teaching school… when I decided to get a dog. I had taught that first year in Walla...
Mad About Science: Idaho native bees
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff When asked to name three characteristics of bees, most would say that they’re yellow and black, they live in a hive and they make honey. For the majority of...
Sing, arachnid, sing
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Kids are the creators and caretakers of humanity’s wisdom. Without their innocence, curiosity and ability to dream, none of our great creations or feats would exist. I was recently...
