The Great Outdoors

  • Bald Eagle count is up at Lake Coeur d'Alene

    Ralph Maughan

    Good news on North Idaho bald eagles- Bald eagle count rises sharply in northern Idaho. AP For those not familiar with North Idaho, Lake Coeur d’Alene is a large and deep lake in Idaho’s Panhandle area.

  • Papiroflexia

    Brian Ertz

    Papiroflexia (Spanish for “Origami”) is the animated tale of Fred, a skilful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands.

  • Western Watersheds Project beats plan to increase grazing in Arizona's Whetstone Mtns.

    Ralph Maughan

    Water developments for cows are beaten back- Water developments on public lands may sound good, but the reality is they are almost always intended to increase grazing of livestock. These encasements, troughs, tanks, and pipelines do not benefit wildlife. Instead they often turn a spring, or an area of small springs or seeps, full of…

  • Grizzly bears relocated to endangered population in NW Montana Cabinet Mtns. both dead

    Ralph Maughan

    Population augmentation program struck blow- Second Cabinet grizzly killed. Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2008. By JIM MANN. The Daily Interake One was hit by a train; the other one was illegally shot. It was not all for naught. They had offspring and their offspring had offspring.

  • Injured climber on Mt. Adams survives on insects and berries

    Ralph Maughan

    Centipedes tasted like Doritos and ants were spicy- Mountain survivor recalls bug diet on Wash. slope. By Mary Hudetz. Associated Press Writer

  • I've been in the central Idaho backcountry

    Ralph Maughan

    Since Friday, I’ve been mostly in the central Idaho backcountry. So there have been just a few posts. It’s incredible how much of central Idaho has burned since 2000 when I finished my last edition of Hiking Idaho. On the other hand, at the present autumn colors are just tremendous. Warm Springs Creek. Frank Church…

  • Leave no child inside

    Brian Ertz

    With all of the technology and busy parents trying to keep up with this rat-race economy, it can be really easy to forget how much our kids need to be outside enjoying the natural world : Leave no child inside – Missoula Independent Online It shouldn’t take a rocket-scientist to tell us that outside is…

  • Wild Forests and Landscape Amnesia

    Ralph Maughan

    The Aug. 2008 The International Journal of Wilderness has a fine article by George Wuerthner. Most of the rural East has become reforested as agricultural has shifted and these relatively marginal lands for cultivation have grown back into forests. It may appear the old forest has now been considerably restored, but Wuerthner argues we hardly…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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