By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Idaho forests are one of the state’s great legacies. But protecting that legacy is a more ambitious task than most realize. From wildfires to invading insects to disease, the...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With the winter season a few months away, U.S. Forest Service officials are reminding local woodcutters we aren’t out of the woods yet as far as fire danger is...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff (with Ben Olson contributing reporting) Fire is burned into Idaho history just as surely as the accomplishments of its people. Since its foundation as a state and even beforehand,...
By Chris Balboni Reader Contributor Firefighters in the western United States have seen a new obstacle this season: drones. Labeled “hobby drones” by officials, the unmanned vehicles that typically carry compact video cameras have...
