Wanna keep Idaho wild? Check out this press release for an event this weekend: Wild Idaho North! “KEEPING NORTH IDAHO NATURAL” Saturday, October 4, 2008, Sandpoint Sponsored by Idaho Conservation League, call 208-265-9565 for information or www.wildidaho.org, reservations required. Come visit with experts in conservation, planning and natural resources about how we can protect our […]
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Bike to Work Spokane. // Photo Jeff Ferguson Did you know that the League of American Bicyclists just released a list ranking the most bike-friendly states in the country? Washington State is ranked #1. In your face Wisconsin! Check out the whole list. West Virginia is last. Oregon isn’t 2nd. Or 3rd. Let’s not mention
An OTM public service announcement: The weather is still nice. Go jump in a lake and whatnot while you still can. The above photo is my friend Mike at Redfish Lake in Idaho last weekend.
Brett Jessen at Mirabeau. // Photo Jon Jonckers. OTM reader Tawnya Swanson sent this awesome email with the history Mirabeau Park climbing routes featured in this month’s cover story. You can read the original Mirabeau Rock City article online here. On to Tawnya’s email: I can give you some light on the who, when and
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When two scientists quit last year over the EPA clean-up plan for the Spokane River I was confused. Now the other shoe has dropped. EPA has decided it’s not OK for Idaho to pollute the river with more phosphorous than Washington state. The Center For Justice has a great write-up on this issue that they
Everyone can have a “lake place” if you consider all the public campgrounds and backcountry alpine lakes that are available for little to no cost. Only a two-hour drive from Spokane, Priest Lake is one of mine. It provides an easy, low-cost retreat even for minimalist outdoor recreationists—you don’t need a boat to have fun.
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ONE OF THE BEST PARTS about cycling in Spokane is how close we are to real rural riding. The city of Spokane is surrounded by relatively quiet rural area in every direction. If you’ve not explored some of the outer edges of the county by bike, you’re really missing out on some great riding. In
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Photo courtesy Jon Jonckers Jon Jonckers sends this report from Priest Lake, ID.: The Tyee II is an old 82-ft, steam powered logging tug that lies half-submerged in Mosquito Bay on Priest Lake, Idaho. The Tyee II was used for towing logs in the 1940’s, but eventually someone decided to sink it – and (considering
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Old-growth forest stands provide destinations for hiking and camping to better appreciation the grandeur of old, big trees.
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Photo by Jeff Ferguson Idaho Governor Butch Otter hopes you are. The Spokesman Review has a nice piece on the push to tax non-motorized boat owners. Is it just plain fairness, or are Idaho politicians trying to grab money from non-motorized boat owners (a group they think is too politically weak to fight back?) to
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