Nature
Best Spring Hikes Near Sandpoint, Idaho for Wildflowers and Wildlife Viewing
Come springtime, the mountains, valleys, and waterways around Sandpoint, Idaho, come alive with wildflowers and wildlife, making it one of the top spring hiking destinations ...
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Shed Hunting
By Adam Gebauer Cover photo courtesy of Adam Gebauer When I tell people I’m going shed hunting there is a pretty good chance I get ...
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Forest Service Budget Cut
By Adam Gebauer Twenty-plus years ago, I was a seasonal wildlife biologist, conducting surveys to threatened species in proposed timber harvest units. Many national forest ...
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The Douglas Fir
Cover photo courtesy Shallan Knowles By Adam Gebauer Perhaps no other tree represents the Pacific Northwest more than the Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, not to ...
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Upland Game Birds
By Adam Gebauer I recently finished two desert float trips where I was amazed by the amount of chukars laughing at my fly-fishing skills from ...
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Talking to Goshawks
Over 20 years ago I had my first job as a fledgling wildlife biologist on the Republic Ranger District in the Colville National Forest. That ...
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The American Pine Marten
I have been fortunate in my rambles and work to have encountered most of the mammals of North America, but there are a few that ...
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The Common Raven
There are only a handful of critters that share the wintery wonderland of our mountains with intrepid snowshoers, cross-country skiers, and downhill sliders. Earlier this ...
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Learning about Cougars in Riverside State Park
It was a chilly, wet November morning when I met Bart George, lead wildlife biologist for the Kalispel Tribe, and his team to track a ...
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