Support Idaho’s future by voting ‘in favor’ of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
By Cary Kelly
Reader Contributor
As a Marine Deputy on Lake Pend Oreille for the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office for 18 years, an avid skier with more than 1,200 days …
By Cary Kelly
Reader Contributor
As a Marine Deputy on Lake Pend Oreille for the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office for 18 years, an avid skier with more than 1,200 days …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
County commissioners will reconsider the wording of the Scotchman Peaks advisory vote — slated for the May 15 primary ballot — at their Tuesday business …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The question of whether the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness will come to be will now be an issue Bonner County citizens can vote for …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
As we gather with family and friends this week and count our blessings, let’s remember to give thanks for the wild landscapes that we live …
By Stan Myers
Reader Contributor
It was greatly surprising that in his lengthy and thoughtful essay on wilderness and wildlife management in Idaho, Al Van Vooren made no reference to …
By Carey Chisolm
Reader Contributor
As a recent retiree who moved to North Idaho from the Midwest, I have been interested in the discussion about the wilderness designation of the …
By Bill Harp
Reader Columnist
If you spend a lot of time looking at geography using satellite and aerial images like I do, you quickly realize that there are very …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Public interest in the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness shows no sign of waning, with hundreds turning out Tuesday night for a second public meeting at …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
By the end of the night Tuesday, nearly 300 people had entered the doors of Hope Elementary School to attend the Scotchman’s Peaks open …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Staffers of U.S. Sen. Jim Risch have planned another community meeting for residents to share their thoughts on the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
The open …
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