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…
Who gives a Hoot about a Coot?
BONNERS FERRY — A crisp morning breeze turned the waters of the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge into a corrugated surface of sparkling silver. I had arrived …
Northern Shovelers: A couple on their honeymoon
By DON BARTLING
Noxious Weeds: Scotch Broom now included on state list
As of the close of the 2017 Idaho Legislature Session, four genera of plants are now included on the Idaho Noxious Weed List as “prohibited genera”; Cytisus, Chamaecytisus, Genista, and Spartium.
Confused for Hawks, Golden Eagles: The Adolescent Bald Eagle
By DON BARTLING
Boundary County waterfalls
The beauty of Boundary County can best be seen when traveling on foot. Boundary County has more than 350 miles of developed hiking and horseback trail. Hikers …
Spotted Towhee: The bird with a bunny hop
Recently I heard a rattling song, coming from the ground under one of our bird feeders. Then I noticed a colorful bird about eight inches long. It was a striki…
Conditions may be conducive to snow mold on winter wheat
Snow mold can be a dramatic and devastating plant disease. In the Pacific Northwest, snow molds are important in areas where snow falls on unfrozen or lightly …
The American Robin: Harbinger of Spring
Webster defines harbinger as “a person or thing that comes before to announce or give indication of what follows.” The American Robin’s presents indicates the …
Creston Valley Bird Fest 2017
CRESTON, B.C. — Spring migration is upon us!
March Migration Madness
College basketball fans look forward to March Madness every year; when NCAA teams are matched against each other, and each winning team advances to the next ro…
Waiting for spring in Boundary County
Has spring sprung here in Boundary County?
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Free computer workshops in mapping and forestry coming
BONNERS FERRY — Forestry technology has been undergoing many changes. Managers of large public or industrial forest lands have increasingly combined aerial imagery with geographic information systems to develop eve…
The bird with the barbed tongue and a drum roll
During the winter I had noticed on several occasions a small to medium size bird foraging mainly on the trunks and limbs of trees and sometimes on shrubs. It w…
Scaling & Marketing Private Timber workshop to be held
ST. MARIES — Marketing timber is not a task most forest owners do every day. Most forest owners would like to get as much income as possible from a harvest, to pay for logging costs and have some money left to re-i…