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Schweitzer’s Huckleberry Festival Debuts New Summer Amenity

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Celebrate Everything Huckleberry This Sunday at Schweitzer Mountain Resort Sandpoint, ID – Schweitzer’s 5th annual Huckleberry Festival takes place August 7, 2011. From 8am -4pm tongues will be dyed purple and finger tips stained violet as festival goers devour huckleberry pancakes and embark on huckleberry hikes. Sunday’s festival will also debut the grand opening of […]

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Book Reviews

Book Reveiws, Columns, Magazine Article, Out There Media / By Sarah Hauge

The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom: 1879-1960 Douglas Brinkley Harper Collins Books, 2010, 576 pages In the mid-1950’s, as protection for “Arctic Alaska” loomed, the conservation interests pushing for preservation recognized that, “In the end, the American people would have to demand that Arctic Alaska be saved.” In The Quiet World Douglas Brinkley describes the

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New Hostel in Kellogg

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This article didn’t get posted in this month’s current issue section so we ar posting it here on the blog: New Hostel in Kellogg for Skiers, Boarders, and Cyclists By Estar Holmes A new hostel that caters to skiers, boarders and cyclists welcomes visitors to the old town section of Kellogg, Idaho—less than a mile

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Yurts: Different Kind Of Winter Escape

Destinations, Travel / By Sarah Hauge

An Inland Nw Round Hut Travel Guide It’s February, and you’re itching to hit the road for an outdoor adventure. But sometimes in the colder, drearier months, the thought of packing up all of your gear—tent, rain fly, shovel, sleeping bag and pad, cook stove, propane, food, utensils, firewood, etc.—hauling it through deep snow, and

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Sustainable Living: Sun People Dry Goods

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Imagine a place in downtown Spokane where customers can take care of their home, family, garden and gift needs, which stocks only organic, socially responsible and eco-friendly products. Thanks to Juliet Sinisterra, that dream is now a reality—Sun People Dry Goods holds its grand opening on December 4th. Sun People is a green living mercantile

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The Future Of Conservation Futures

1 Comment / Magazine Article / By Erika Prins Simonds

Belts are tight and land is cheap. Many landowners are eager to sell. Conservation Futures, Spokane County’s environmental preservation program, is ready to buy. For the first time in five years, one of Spokane County’s most popular programs, Conservation Future,s opened its e-mail account this summer for property nominations. They’re seeking willing sellers for prime

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The Big Burn: Remembering the Inferno is Both History Lesson and Great Outdoor Family Adventure

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On a hot day one hundred years ago this summer, forester Joseph Halm and his crew of firefighters hacked their way through miles of wilderness toward a wildfire burning at Bean Creek near the headwaters of the St. Joe River. Halm noted the withered ferns and grasses and the crisp brown underbrush, parched by drought.

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Roadtrip: American Hotel Hostel In Seattle

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Roadtrip: American Hotel Hostel In Seattle By Taylor Weech Traveling on a budget isn’t always easy, but Hostelling International USA at the American Hotel in Seattle’s International District provides a fun, affordable weekend getaway or a kickoff to a cross country hostel tour. Hostels differ from hotels in a few basic ways; they offer dormitory

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Book Reviews May 2010

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A Long Trek Home: 4000 Miles By Boot, Raft, And Ski Erin McKittrick The Mountaineers Books, 2009, 256 pages My shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines “trek” as, “A long arduous journey or expedition, esp. one made on foot or by unconventional means.” While modern usage has lightened the burden of a trek to being simply

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Book Reveiws

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The Runner’s Rule Book By Mark Remy Rodale Press, 2009, 166 pages Every sport has rules, and running is no exception. However, Mark Remy, the executive editor at Runnersworld.com, believes there are also the everyday rules of running. Beyond the governing mandates of the USA Track & Field institution, runners have hundreds of implied rules.

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