Crowdsourcing Biodiversity Data By Chuck Peterson Even though Dan Giltz had studied biology at Idaho State University, at first he didn’t fully appreciate the importance of what he saw in the Caribou National Forest. He was on a
When Mount Borah Quaked Story and Photos by Nick Ballenger On a late-October morning in 1983, my Boise apartment shook me awake. I tried to reason through the strange sensation with the thought, I’m hung over and still
In Alpine Lakes By Mary Terra-Berns More than a thousand tiny fingerling trout travel in a plastic commercial milk bag full of chilled, oxygenated water tucked into my backpack. I stop on the trail above the lake for
Eighty Thousand Pieces of the Past By Jeff Carr Photos Courtesy of Museum of Idaho In the middle of the Arco Desert west of Idaho Falls, a long way down a purposely unmarked path, there is a hole
The Best Way to Make Scientists By Mike Turnlund I recently retired after teaching for many years at Clark Fork Jr/Sr High School in Clark Fork, which has a population of 536. During my time as a teacher,
A Deep Hot Water Study By Rob Podgorney This story is offered free in its entirety. For millions of years, the earth’s crust has moved over the volcanic Yellowstone hotspot, altering the landscapes of Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Montana,
Where Species Meet By Michael Lucid The hair looked promising. In 2010, Scott Rulander and I were on the hunt for rare forest mammals and had spent most of the day skiing up to near the summit of
Do Plants Communicate? By Shiva WhiteHawk Last fall, I hiked into the Snake River Plain northeast of my home in Twin Falls and stood surrounded by sagebrush as far as the eye could see. Silence reigned, and I
A New Geological Discovery Story and Photos by Daniel T. Brennan On Easter of 2016, I sat in the living room with my grandfather, whom we all called Papa, when he unknowingly echoed Stegner’s phrase “the road has
The Swans’ Resurgence Sparks Research Story and Photos by Paige Miller On a late May morning in the heart of Bear Lake Valley, I sat in the passenger seat of a pickup truck while a U.S. Fish and
