Results for keyword: Idaho
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Other voices: the debate on wolf hunting from both sides
Perspectives on wolf hunting from conservationists and hunt proponents.
by Staff, May 13, 2013 -
A new collaboration has Idaho ranchers and the BLM fighting fire together
Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.
by Emily Guerin, May 08, 2013 -
The Forest Service battles placer mining with an obscure law
A little-known 1955 law gives the Forest Service a way to shut down placer mining claims along some Western rivers.
by Marshall Swearingen, May 01, 2013 -
Trappers catch a lot more than wolves
Mountain lions, eagles, bobcats, geese and domestic pets have all been accidentally caught -- and killed -- by wolf trappers.
by Jodi Peterson, Apr 29, 2013 -
How the amount of fish you eat impacts water quality
Idaho is updating its standards for water pollutants based on how much fish residents eat.
by Sarah Jane Keller, Apr 15, 2013 -
Unfinished zombie housing developments haunt the rural West
Lack of planning rules and the housing bubble led to dead subdivisions plaguing the West, especially in Teton County, Idaho, where locals are trying to deal with the impacts of the real estate bust, yet still arguing if planning even works.
by Allen Best, Mar 12, 2012 -
The paradox of the housing boom and bust
Outside Delta, Colo sits yet another rural subdivision that was never completed -- a sign of the West's housing bust and of the difficulty of regulating rural growth.
by Paul Larmer, Mar 04, 2012 -
County kickbacks
Western rural county governments often rely heavily on federal funding.
by Nathan Rice, Feb 06, 2011 -
Wolves: The debate is seldom rational
The great Western wolf debate is as emotional as ever.
by Wendy Beye, Jul 27, 2010 -
The newest Westerners
Immigrants from around the world are changing traditionally white Western communities such as Boise, Idaho.
by Jonathan Thompson, Oct 25, 2009
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