Photos courtesy of Idaho Forest Group This past September, nearly 2,000 acres of North Idaho forest along Prichard Creek, a tributary of the Coeur d’Alene River between the town of Prichard and Thompson Pass, was protected from future development thanks to an Idaho Forest Group (IFG) donation of a conservation agreement to Kaniksu Land Trust. […]
Cover photo courtesy of Carol Corbin Just outside Spokane, cradling the Little Spokane River and surrounding hills, lies a hidden gem—Glen Tana. Most 1,060-acre property, now in the hands of the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy* (INLC), is on track to become one of the most significant conservation success stories in our region. It connects two
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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 the foreboding cliffs and scrub. It got me thinking of the variety of upland game birds that we have in the Inland Northwest region. Chukar partridges might seem like they
Cover photo courtesy of Jon Jonckers For over three decades, the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy has been working with our community to safeguard the special places that make the Inland Northwest area so unique. When we first started, our goal was simple: protect the land that defines the character of our region. Since then, we’ve
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Cover photo courtesy of The Friends of the Bluff The Good: Surprisingly few people seem to know about the 600 acres of ponderosa forests and bunchgrass meadows that border the western edge of Spokane’s South Hill. With about 20 miles of trails, 500 feet of elevation gain, sweeping views of the western sky, and no
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By Marcy Timblin, Kaniksu Land Trust Cover photo courtesy of the Kanisku Land Trust “I think people my age are concerned that the place where we grew up is going to be lost to development.” – A 23-year-old Bonner County resident. Living in Sandpoint for decades, I’ve seen changes. The town has grown, traffic is
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Cover photo courtesy Molly Heer A sign marking the boundary of National Forest Land might make one think that the patch of desert or woods behind it belongs to the United States Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management, but it really belongs to all of us. When Derrick and I started adventuring together, always
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By Holly Weiler In September 2004, I was a relatively new teacher trying to land that elusive continuing contract at one of our local school districts. Most of my free time was spent running on local trails, but that fall I joined my first volunteer trail work crew at the urging of a friend. It’s
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What were your outdoor adventures in the Inland Northwest like 20 years ago when the first issue of Out There Monthly was published? Surely there were fewer of us out enjoying our favorite trails, campgrounds, fishing spots, climbing crags, and powder stashes. It’s easy to get nostalgic and even twitchy about that. But fast forward
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Cover photo courtesy of Visit Sandpoint Let’s handle the first part of a Sandpoint road trip this way: If your starting point is say, Spokane, then your driving time to Sandpoint will be 80-90 minutes via I-90 east to Coeur d’Alene, then Highway 95 north to Sandpoint. Pretty easy. Once you grab lodging in town
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