By Brad Smith Reader Contributor The state of Idaho petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove all grizzly bear populations in the lower 48 from the endangered species list in March 2022....
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff For Mya Jinright, knowledge is power, and that power gives her an even greater chance at doing what she loves: rehabilitating and releasing injured and sick birds of prey....
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Clark Fork Library has a new employee, but he’s more likely to “meow” his greeting than offer book suggestions. That new addition is Reader, a black-furred, yellow-eyed kitten...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Lena Haug likes a challenge. The professional equestrian has never shied from the unknown, whether it was leading horseback expeditions as a teen in Chile or, more recently, in...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I’m a dog person. Most people can make assertions about what kind of person that makes me, and they’d likely be right. I am outgoing, energetic and enjoy the...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Kaniksu Land Trust temporarily closed several trails at Pine Street Woods on Aug. 15 after mountain bikers reported seeing a dead deer near the Crooked Tree overlook. The organization...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When Janice Simeone adopted a barn cat from a neighbor in 1996, she also became the owner of that cat’s four kittens. More incredible than the unexpected adoption of...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Many in Bonner County consider both the human and non-human needs of their household equally important. With that in mind, several local organizations are teaming up to offer a...
By Eric Wieland Reader Contributor A few years ago I was hunting on the west side of the Selkirks. It was a crisp September morning, the frost was still clinging onto the beargrass, where...
By Jane Fritz Reader Contributor A friend and I hiked up along Johnson Creek in Clark Fork last month, popular for winter recreation, only to find ourselves on the heels of a young family...
