DEQ seeking comment on Black Rock cleanup plan
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s been a long time coming, but the effort to connect Ponderay with its Lake Pend Oreille waterfront is teeing up to enter the first stages of coming to...
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Bonner County can do more to protect water quality
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Idaho is lucky to have environmental experts looking out for public health when it comes to land use decisions that impact water quality. These experts were on hand to...
A Few Thoughts… On Pythagoras’ ‘music of the spheres’
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Once upon a time, long, long ago — at least a decade, maybe more — I was enlisted by a couple of teachers from a local school to help...
Dirt-y Secrets: Welcome to the beautiful, busy garden season
By Ranel Hanson Reader Columnist “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May.” — Smokey Robinson If you are a gardener this month, you are busy....
Living and recreating responsibly in bear country
By Karissa Huntsman Reader Contributor If you live and recreate in North Idaho, you’re in bear country. As the seasons are changing, bears are emerging from hibernation, and are active from April 1 to...
From ice to mud to frozen mud and back again
By Rose Olson Reader Staff The official start of spring may be the end of March, but I feel like Earth Day is when the springtime vibes are finally on full blast. The chances...
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...
The magic of the high country
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This time of year, I gather with a group of friends and we make our annual pilgrimage to the mountains. With everything we need to survive for three days...
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,...
Hot take on Earth Day
By Kelsey Maxwell Reader Contributor My childhood “wild place” was nowhere near extraordinary by an outdoor enthusiasts’ standard. It was a truly tiny strip of forest between my best friend’s house and mine in...
