Earthquakes are uncommon in North Idaho so when the windows rattled and the house shook, it took a minute register what happened. I hadn’t felt…
A full moon rising over the eastern horizon is a magnificent sight especially on a clear winter night. For millennia, humans have watched the full…
The western white pine was the most abundant forest type in the Inland Northwest 50 years ago. Long, clear trunks skyrocketed to heights of 200…
Fossils offer a glimpse of what organisms have lived on Earth, such as woolly mammoths and Tyrannosaurus Rex- yet most don’t exist today. Some fossils…
What does cold mean to you: 32 degrees, 0 degrees or minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit? Mid-winter temperatures of 32 degrees Fahrenheit are balmy for someone…
After picking up his white-tailed deer skull from the taxidermist this fall, Kody Atkins found out the deer had an uncommon feature–upper canine teeth. The…
Ninety years ago construction began on a monumental project that never came to fruition–the Eileen Dam. A rock failure caused the entire project to be…
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Chug-a-chug-a-choo-choo. The train began to roll out of the Ione, Washington station on a beautiful October day on a short trip to Metaline Falls. Through…
“Where am I?” “How high am I?” These questions are easy to answer today with a GPS. People have always wondered where in the world…
Four miles and 52 leg-burning switchbacks to reach the trail junction below the ridge. A few more switchbacks through the transitioning forest and I’d be…
From the time I leave Bettles, Alaska until I cross over the Cassiar Mountains east of Whitehorse, Yukon on the Alaska Highway, I will be…
Two-hundred miles of flying and we only crossed one road 15 minutes into the flight. The rest of the flight was ridge after ridge of…