Can you pass a boater inspection on Lake Pend Oreille?
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille reached summer pool elevation on June 19, which means we have now entered the official “lake days” of summer.
With all that …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille reached summer pool elevation on June 19, which means we have now entered the official “lake days” of summer.
With all that …
By Reader Staff
To selectively manage the invasive weed flowering rush, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albeni Falls Dam staff are performing herbicide treatments at six separate locations on dewatered …
By Karissa Huntsman
Reader Contributor
As snow is falling on the mountains and hills around Sandpoint, many are looking ahead to the upcoming winter season. Here at the Idaho Conservation …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials visited the Springy Point Campground in Sagle this past spring to perform a regular facilities check, they came …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Patricia Sudick is a longtime rower who noticed that something was missing on the tranquil autumn waters of the Pend Oreille River.
When Sudick moved …
By Chantilly Higbee
Reader Columnist
Citizen science-driven monitoring programs are rapidly becoming one of the most sought-after ways to answer water quality-related questions at local, regional, and national levels. They …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Hundreds of people turned out to raise heartfelt, serious questions about plans for a silicon smelter in Newport Wednesday evening, challenging Washington State regulators to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Last week marked the latest in Bonner County’s wake saga, as county commissioners voted against extending no-wake zones from the county standard of 200 feet …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visited North Idaho Wednesday to share lake operation plans and their tentative predictions for what winter will …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County no-wake zone regulation is being extended to 500 feet on all waterways starting now in response to flood threats.
The Board of …
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