By Heidi DormanReader Contributor I read with disbelief in last week’s Reader about the closure of day use at Green Bay by the United States Forest Service. I live in the surrounding neighborhood and...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Effective earlier this summer, the beach and surrounding area at Green Bay are indefinitely closed to day-use traffic in an effort to limit overcrowding at the popular recreation spot. The...
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Residents in and around the Highlands and Liberty Heights developments north of Clark Fork are working to improve and add an additional egress route to the more than 88 mountainous...
A brief history of the Priest River Experimental Forest and a conversation with the ones who keep the legacy alive By Ben OlsonReader Staff Tucked beneath boughs of western white pine, fir, hemlock and...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The ever-popular Green Bay Campground still has yet to open for overnight camping after it was closed for the entirety of the 2024 season due to renovations. “We don’t...
By Pat Hart Reader Contributor I am retired. I worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 46 years, all of it in Boundary County, Idaho. I am not acting as a spokesperson for the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff August saw North Idaho’s fire danger elevated to “Very High,” as well as a number of lightning storms igniting fires throughout the panhandle — a handful of which continue...
By Reader Staff The U.S. Forest Service began repair work Oct. 18 on Pack River Road 231. The road is in the Upper Pack River area east of Sandpoint. While most delays are expected...
By Reader Staff Idaho Panhandle National Forests announced Sept. 24 that the Sandpoint Ranger District issued a final decision to move forward with the Scattered Lands Project — an effort to reduce fire danger...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. Forest Service released a draft decision, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Buckskin Saddle Integrated Restoration Project on July 13, and opened the...
