Or Not, Sometimes By David E. Metcalf I pulled the box trap back from the hole. Would it be a dead gopher or a pile of dirt? If you own any land or live next to a vacant lot in … Continue reading
Land of Sudden Sightings By Linden Bateman Every March since 2016, the author has written a story for this magazine in honor of Idaho Day on March 4, for which he introduced the legislation in 2014 as an Idaho state … Continue reading
Story and Photos by Warren Clary When my wife Jeanne and I moved from Boise to Meridian in 2005, we acquired a new house on a nice-sized lot. The house was positioned off-center, within about six feet of a five-foot-tall … Continue reading
Why Are They There? Story and Photos by Ryan Richardson I woke to the sound of my phone buzzing emphatically, welcoming me to another ninety-five-degree day here outside Plummer. It was approximately 10 a.m. (I wasn’t exactly starting the day … Continue reading
Not Your Normal Neighbor Story and photos by Gary Brown Is it the alligator or maybe the multiple pythons hanging around that cause me to put my neighbor Corbin Maxey and his wife Sam at the top of my list … Continue reading
The Russian Way By Les Tanner Photos by Jan Boles I don’t know how it is elsewhere, but it’s almost a certainty that everyone who lives here in the Treasure Valley is familiar—maybe too familiar—with the large gray and brown … Continue reading
And Bottle Down Story and Photos by Joseph Zahnle It was just a yellow plastic bottle lying in the neighbor’s driveway across the street. I noticed it when I was taking out the trash. Someone had driven over it and … Continue reading
In the Suburbs Story and Photos by Joseph Zahnle One morning last March, my ninety-seven-year-old mother-in-law, Margaret, walked into my home office and asked if I had heard the turkeys. “In our neighborhood?” I thought. I had seen them near … Continue reading
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 Wildlife Service … Continue reading
Deer Catch-and-Release Story and Photos by Kris Millgate “Yes! Did you get that?” “Get what?” “That deer.” “What deer?” “The one in the net.” “Where?” I say, lifting my head. “Put your head down. The deer can’t see you.” “But … Continue reading
