Schweitzer offers slate of free activities
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We’re right in the thick of winter and Schweitzer has a few events coming up that will provide access for free, as well as a few other interesting events...
Category: Sports and Outdoors
Ski bums and cowboys
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Old-time North Idahoans reminisce about the days when hippies and loggers joyously coexisted. Some argue they still do. A similar symbiotic relationship will be on display at Chapman Springs...
Keep the Scotchman Peaks Wild and Open
By Ed Robinson Reader Contributor The Scotchman Peaks is a magical place. Having worked in the forests of the Idaho Panhandle for 35 years, I don’t say that lightly. This is also not news...
The king of play
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In the sitcom Parks and Recreation, the director Ron Swanson is a deadpan libertarian who believes so much in small government that he wishes his own department didn’t exist...
Snow, science and stoke
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When it comes to learning about winter ecology, our local watershed and the science of snow, there’s no better classroom than the great outdoors of North Idaho. Selkirk Outdoor...
For bears, forebears and the future
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In plain terms, Hubbard Farms covers 1,040 acres in the Kootenai Valley, growing wheat, canola, barley and alfalfa on a productive patchwork between the Selkirk and Purcell mountains. But, as...
Waterkeeper: Trestle Creek Marina project will do irreparable damage
By Steve Holt Reader Contributor As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper is not against development or growth per se; however, if you are going to construct a project —...
Voices in the Wilderness: Exploring our wild backyard whenever we can
By Rebecca Sanchez Reader Contributor My father grew up in a town on the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland with his sister and five brothers. The lucky boy had the Alps at his fingertips. He...
Ponderay announces purchase of lakefront property extending the Bay Trail
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor The city of Ponderay announced Dec. 22 plans to use local option tax revenue to purchase waterfront property, expanding public access to Lake Pend Oreille. At 2 p.m. on...
A wild tradition
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Taran White has literally been fishing all of his life — his first trip aboard an Alaskan fishing boat occurred when he was just 2 months old. “My mom...
