Environment

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (69+ words) Officials warn Idaho could face one of its worst droughts in decades if a second winter of poor snowpack leaves already-low reservoirs depleted. Idaho is entering a critical winter after last season’s poor snowpack left reservoirs depleted and irrigators scrambling....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (905+ words) IDAHO FALLS — Legislators on Idaho’s Federalism Committee heard Monday about an ongoing effort to expand state management of their respective grizzly bear populations, a change that could particularly impact populations in the states around the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including Idaho....

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (620+ words) It was a bad year for Bogus Basin. By New Year’s Eve, the Boise-area recreation area had received only about two feet of natural snowfall, forcing it to increase its production of artificial snow by 120% compared with the previous season....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (278+ words) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is scaling back on Endangered Species Act protections. The Endangered Species Act was enacted in the 1970s with the goal of conserving and protecting endangered wildlife and their habitats. Part of the act prohibited harming species…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (279+ words) Number of “reliable” self-reported wolverine sightings in Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s database An outdoor recreationist recently captured video of a rare wolverine in Idaho’s central mountains, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials said. The sighting occurred recently…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) The wolverine, pictured here, is a member of the weasel family and is sometimes confused with badgers. An outdoor recreationist recently captured video of a rare wolverine in Idaho’s central mountains, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials said. The…...