We care for our public lands more than we know

There's nothing like watching a grizzly bear in the wild

The message of 30,000 dead salmon

The 30,000 salmon that died in the Klamath River recently died because the Bush administration decided that fish do not need water after all.

Peace of mind is a social contract

When it came time for me to buy a house, I purposely chose the Old Town neighborhood in Pocatello, Idaho, where I live and work.

Retiring to work

Every day I'd leave high school about noon, take the subway to 23rd Street, run down to the basement cafeteria for a nutritious company meal, and then sort and deliver mail.

A river, a bird and a flock of untruths

In Nebraska and its neighboring Plains states, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists and other employees are again taking shots right and left from critics.

What's in a name? Just ask Dwayne or Trucklene

An encounter in a bar with a guy named Dwayne causes a writer named Mary Lou to ponder the hidden meanings lurking behind first names in the West.

Idaho seeks a reputation - and a reality - free of hate

As Boise celebrates the opening of its Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, the late Bill Wassmuth is remembered as the activist who helped lead the charge against Idaho's neo-Nazi extremists.