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Monday, September 28, 2009

Lands Protected on South Fork of the Snake River

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The Teton Regional Land Trust announced today that two of the last unprotected parcels of private land along the canyon stretch of the South...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Important Bird Areas--Idaho

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Important Bird Areas (IBA's) were created to identify a global network of areas most important for bird conservation. IBA programs focu...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Check us out on Facebook

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The Nature Conservancy in Idaho now has a Facebook Fan page, with photos, events, links and more. Become a fan today .
Monday, September 21, 2009

Dead Salmon: Lifeblood of Rivers

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Salmon leaping up waterfalls and surging into small streams : These are the images we're used to seeing of fish migrations. Salmon are ...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Hemingway and Silver Creek

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"You’ll love it here, Schatz…There’s a stream called Silver Creek where we shoot ducks from canoe…Saw more big trout rising than have ...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Idaho Place Names

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What's in a name? The Nature Conservancy's Idaho conservation staff often work in remote areas with colorful, and sometimes confusi...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

South Fork Work Day

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Each summer, The Nature Conservancy's Idaho staff meets at one of our projects--to camp out, see our conservation work on the ground, d...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Egrets and Conservation History

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If you're walking along a river or wetland in southern Idaho this fall, you may notice a very large, white bird stalking along the bank:...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Cowboys and Conservation

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Idaho is blessed with huge tracts of public lands, yet private working lands --like ranches--are disproportionately important for wildlife ...
Saturday, August 22, 2009

Silver Creek Twinterns

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Working as summer interns at the Silver Creek Preserve was an amazing experience. During this time, we, Meredith and Alli, came to know and ...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Herds, Flocks and Swarms

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There are still astounding herds, flocks and swarms of wildlife on Earth--but can we protect them? Read the post at Cool Green Science , The...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Don't Move a Mussel

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Zebra and quagga mussels --non-native species that have spread rapidly in other states--are not in Idaho. Yet. The above video gives a good ...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Hummingbird Video

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Hummingbirds are amazing birds to watch as they zip around wildflowers or backyard feeders . These little birds actually are quite diverse--...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Deer Sign

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Idaho has many large mammal species with large home ranges, and increasingly, their migrations and movements put them onto roads at some poi...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Bear Beware

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You know the old saying: A fed bear is a dead bear. Whenever bears become acclimated to humans, bears lose. There are a number of education...
Monday, August 03, 2009

Deer With Tusks

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It's the time of year when the males of Idaho's deer species-- whitetail, mule deer , elk , moose and caribou --wear impressive, v...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Search for the Giant Palouse Earthworm

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Photos courtesy the University of Idaho. My dad sends me this story of one of Idaho's most little known (and little seen) creatures , s...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Out-Foxed

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Red fox photo by Phares Book. How could two fox species be so different? This is a tale of two foxes, one that thrives alongside humanity a...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Otters

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This morning while jogging along Boise's Greenbelt , I was lucky enough to see a river otter swimming in the Boise River. (It was just ...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Trout in the Owyhees

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I recently wrote on this blog about the extensive river and wetland restoration projects underway at the 45 Ranch deep in the Owyhees. Owne...