Euthanasia for the forest
By Barry Rosenberg Reader Contributor Some individuals are able to ask their physician whether suicide is a reasonable option to end their pain and suffering. Many of the trees on the 50,000-acre Buckskin Saddle...
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Lawsuit takes shape over Bog Creek Rd. project
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Five conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol over the agencies’ decision to move forward with a road restoration project located about...
Priest River USFS project faces lawsuit
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff An environmental group filed a lawsuit in federal district court Aug. 29, taking issue with a U.S. Forest Service project planned 25 miles north of Priest River. The Alliance...
Fire season heats up in N. Idaho, outlook ‘average’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff North Idahoans are making note of clearer skies so far this August, but with fire activity ramping up this week, the smoky haze of summers past appears to be...
Flood and fire outlook for 2019
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff A slightly lower-than-average snowpack is indicating that North Idaho won’t see the flooding it did last spring, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Upper Columbia Senior Water...
BOCC objects to lack of public access on Bog Cr. Road project
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners are filing a letter of objection with the U.S. Forest Service after the agency announced no public access would be allowed following a road restoration project...
Shutdowns old and new
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With no end in sight to the government shutdown constricting Washington, D.C., it may well go on record as the longest in U.S. history. That leaves government employees in...
Rain helps control Cougar Fire
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The 7,608-acre Cougar Fire was 50 percent contained on Wednesday, according to fire officials. Thanks to 0.5-0.75 inches of rain on the fire the last couple of days, Idaho...
District Ranger selected for the Sandpoint Ranger District
By Reader Staff The Sandpoint Ranger District will have a new District Ranger starting Sept. 4. Jessie Berner was selected to take over for former District Ranger Erick Walker. Berner comes to the Idaho...
Fires blaze close to home
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The July 27 lightning storm started 93 fires across the Coeur d’Alene Interagency Dispatch Zone, with 11 growing to be greater than five acres, totaling around 1,500 acres, the...
