By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho Conservation League Conservation Associate Matt Nykiel requested Bonner County commissioners send a letter to several federal permitting agencies requesting they require BNSF produce an environmental impact statement in...
By Commissioner Glen Bailey Reader Contributor Last spring, BNSF Railway announced it would be moving forward on a proposal to add a second rail bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint. Simply put, we...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Lands has officially set a date for the public hearings on the BNSF Railway Co. application to construct a second train bridge across Lake Pend...
By Shannon Williamson Reader Columnist You’ve probably already heard that Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF) submitted permit applications to build a second rail bridge over Lake Pend Oreille. Correction – it’s actually THREE new...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Idaho Conservation League is formally requesting an extension to the comment period on BNSF Railway’s proposed second rail bridge. In a letter addressed to the U.S. Army Corps of...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff BNSF Railway has filed its application with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a second rail bridge across Lake Pend Oreille. The long-discussed project, which BNSF Railway has...
By Reader Staff State and local emergency response teams, in coordination with BNSF Railway and other organizations, will host on-water emergency response drills at various locations in and around Sandpoint and Clark Fork on...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Fresh off renewed concerns about water quality after a recent coal train derailment, Idaho Conservation League is taking a deep dive into the question of clean water. Set for...
By Shannon Williamson, Ph.D and Matt Nykiel Reader Contributors Recent news that BNSF plans to move forward with a second railroad bridge over Lake Pend Oreille has sparked a lot of conversation. The proposal,...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff *UPDATED* A train derailed Monday morning south of Cocolalla Lake, directly in front of Valley Vista ranch adjacent to Highway 95. The crash was reported around 6 a.m. and...
