Conservation: From the Timber Wars to collaboration
By Zach Hagadone Special to the Reader This article is Part 1 of the conclusion to a series of articles supported by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council and sponsored by Friends of...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
A taste of the future
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Since Kaniksu Land Trust announced in March that friends of the trust were under contract to purchase the long-loved Pine Street Sled Hill — thus giving the nonprofit time...
On the elk’s terms
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I nearly failed hunter’s ed. At least, that’s what it felt like at the time, as a 9-year-old girl who accidentally let her finger slide inside the trigger guard...
Dirt-y Secrets: Pre-fall routines for healthy plants and animals
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist The light has changed and the nights have cooled. It is a glorious time of transition. Summer is winding down but we still have lots of warm days to...
Mad About Science: The science of golf
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: Brenden Bobby is out sick this week, so Publisher Ben Olson is donning the mad scientist jacket this week. Get well, Brenden. The physics involved with hitting...
Winter motorized rec. proposed alternative: An environmental apocalypse
By Paul Sieracki By Reader Contributor The North Zone Winter Recreation proposal — developed by a “collaboration” of pro-motorized recreation groups — will severely impact endangered, candidate and sensitive species including the grizzly bear,...
Sand Creek Regatta is what being a ‘local’ is all about
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Each September for the past couple years, Sandpoint has come alive with local spirit at the Sand Creek Regatta. Usually under a drizzling rain, Sandpoint locals gather with truckloads...
Dirt-y Secrets: Tips and tricks for maintaining a healthy backyard ecosystem this August
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “Make hay while the sun shines.” — Proverb No truer words were ever spoken. Now is the time to celebrate all growing things and to bask in the life-giving...
The bear in the yard
By Brad Smith Reader Contributor One evening my mom opened the front door at our home in West Yellowstone, Mont., to head out and meet up with some friends. After taking one step out...
River daze
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Every once in a while, as life stacks up a bit too high, the river calls. I dream of long days in the canoe, drifting along with the current,...
