Proposed power plants could draw down aWashington/Idaho aquifer
Julie Titone
Scoot over, farms – ducks are moving in
A restoration effort in northern Idaho recreates wetlands
Stepping lightly in a sanctuary
COTTONWOOD, Idaho – Sister Carol Ann Wassmuth grabs one of the ropes dangling from a ceiling at St. Gertrude’s Monastery. “If you pull too hard, the bell flips all the way over,” she says, demonstrating how to summon 78 Benedictine sisters to midday Mass. Soon, three bells send a joyful sound across the high plains. […]
Idaho may go to court to save salmon
The battle to save the endangered Snake River salmon from extinction heated up this month, as Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus threatened to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies responsible for salmon recovery plans. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/24.24/download-entire-issue
Toxics from Canada pile up in U.S. reservoir
Lake Roosevelt was largely unnoticed until 1986, when the Washington Department of Ecology first studied heavy metals contamination in the lake. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/22.12/download-entire-issue
A tough band tries to survive in Idaho
Transplanted woodland caribou stick it out in the Selkirk Mountains. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/21.16/download-entire-issue