Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Pair do well at rifle competition
Two members of the Kootenai Valley Junior Rifle Team traveled to Spokane on Nov. 2 to participate in the first mat…
Winter on the hoof: How deer, elk and moose cope with the snow!
“When snow falls, nature listens.”
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Winter on the hoof: How deer, elk and moose cope with the snow!
“When snow falls, nature listens.”
Moose calf hanging out at wildlife refuge
BONNERS FERRY — One of the most exciting wild animal sightings to see when visiting the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge is a moose. Many people drive and hik…
Country road names inspire us to travel them
“Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong …”
KVRI grizzly bear meeting
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative will hold a Grizzly Bear Sub-Committee Meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, in the Memorial Hall of the Boundary County Fairgrounds.
Panhandle aerial wildlife surveys scheduled for January
Low-flying helicopters and airplanes will be circling over Panhandle forests during January as part of Fish and Game’s big game monitoring. Biologists will be …
Meadow voles are active year-round
The hairy woodpecker: A familiar visitor to bird feeders!
“Advice from a woodpecker: find your own rhythm, carve out a place for yourself, make your voice heard, it’s OK to be a little flashy, use your head!”
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Muskrats adapt well to winter in Boundary County
On a cloudy, rainy morning beside a calm flowing creek I spotted a fur-bearing animal, smaller than a beaver, busily eating on the side of the creek bank while…
Join the 120th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Boundary County is where we call home. It is that time of year to count another group that also calls it home.
Flickers sport flashy colors, black necklace
Last weekend, while I was walking Chickadee Trail on the Kootenai National Wildlife Reserve with my dog Tessie Rae, I noticed an average-size bird with distinc…
Beavers busy getting ready for winter
“A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity to make up for lack of engineering…
Banded Woolly Bears: Their black bands may predict winter weather
“I want to be a caterpillar. Eat a lot. Sleep for a while. Then wake up beautiful…”