Items by Gina Knudson
Fiery rhetoric and polemic messages keep rural communities from working through their natural resource problems.
Salmon, Idaho's, Riverfest 2011 is designed to promote both the local economy and the fish.
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's stubborn determination to sue the federal government over health care reform is cruel as well as foolish.
Small-town Westerners need to get over the notion that just because they have a grandparent buried nearby they deserve a greater voice in local politics.
The writer says Montana Sen. Conrad Burns may have been
guilty of insulting fire fighters, but at least he focused us on
fire policy
Fishing is not the reason behind the decline of the
Northwest’s salmon; the desire for cheap hydroelectric power
is
The writer fears that the fishing ban in coastal waters
will make people forget their connection to salmon
The writer discovers that running for office is what
democracy is all about
The writer practices compassion and gets more than she
bargained for
