Got Wood?
By Kevin Davis, USFS
Reader Contributor
Picture a healthy river or stream with cold, clear water running over boulders and cobbles through a shady corridor of tall evergreen trees with …
By Kevin Davis, USFS
Reader Contributor
Picture a healthy river or stream with cold, clear water running over boulders and cobbles through a shady corridor of tall evergreen trees with …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Though the 2015 fire season is hardly over, the cool weather and precipitation of late has given us reason to breathe a little easier. The …
Story by Cameron Rasmusson
Photos by Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There’s nothing like a crisis to show the true nature of a community, and the Cape Horn Fire is no …
If you plan to visit local public lands during Independence Day Weekend, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) suggest you “Know Before You Go.” Prior …
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