‘We can coexist peacefully’
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
We are living in a time of uncertainty. And so are wildlife. Consider the Canada geese at Sandpoint City Beach Park whose future is dire.…
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
We are living in a time of uncertainty. And so are wildlife. Consider the Canada geese at Sandpoint City Beach Park whose future is dire.…
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Lady Liberty is in need of a footlift. That is, a large portion of the concrete pier on which she stands at City Beach in …
By Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
In 2018, the Sandpoint City Council approved a plan — partnering and authorized with appropriate state and federal agencies — to capture and …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint hosted several open houses on the Parks Master Plan ahead of a workshop Jan. 15 at the regular City Council meeting, …
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad
Reader Contributor
A draft of the City’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan is under way and through the planning process a number of missed opportunities came …
By Kody Van Dyk
Special to the Reader
The city of Sandpoint draft Parks Master Plan identifies disposing of city-owned green space located east of the Edgewater Best Western Hotel. …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The city of Sandpoint’s plan for Canada geese management has escalated into a full-blown controversy.
Opponents filled the Sandpoint City Council public comment period Wednesday …
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
On the September 22, 2011, front cover of the Reader is a colorful illustration of a future lakeside Sandpoint with a story written by then …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
When it comes the Canadian geese at Sandpoint City Beach, there’s no simple solution —or at least, not one that will please everyone.
In February, …
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