It’s stunning, but not, that certain #idleg members aren’t willing to view the return of quagga mussels as an existential threat to Idaho Ag. Know that I will do everything in my power to protect your livelihoods as long as I’m a member of the Idaho Legislature.

Beavers • Are fantastic for aquatic ecosystems • Help prevent climate collapse • Help prevent flooding • Help prevent wildfires • Help filter pollution from rivers • Help draw people to nature • Boost local economies via increased tourism • Etc... Ecological superstars!!

Now you know why so many people are leaving Trump’s rallies so early. #LaughAtTrunp 🤣🤣🤣l

wednesdayblog.org/2024/09/25/wha… This week, to conclude a month of #chaostheory I interviewed environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb about his book "Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of #Beavers and Why They Matter." #WednesdayBlog #Wordpress #Spotify

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Disastrous news. Sounds like they wanna do another chemical treatment, that apparently kills everything but quagga, even though the quagga have clearly spread. Little's spin that Idaho was prepared for and on top of this invasion makes me ill. #idpol

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Are you all listening to Hush by OPB, Ryan Haas, and Leah Sottile? Episode 7 examines the failure of oversight boards and reveals how police think.

Did Anyone else See the Deer Takeover in Downtown Spokane This Morning? Deer 🦌 Nature Just Reclaimed the City! The Herd was Spotted by Michelle Lobdell when she saw them Running by City Hall & Bloomsday Runner Statues- Straight to the River! 🌊 There’s a fascinating reason

413 PM Web Cam: Wall of dust along I-90 near Spokane International Airport. Winds of 40 to 50 mph and near zero visibility. Look for wind gusts to reach downtown #Spokane between 430 and 445 PM with visibility reductions in town of less than a mile. #WAWX

What looks to be a towering cloud of airborne dust blowing past the house. Distinctly brown-gray followed by the purple of storm clouds. Fun!

Hey, this one, probably! x.com/nwsspokane/sta…

It's right there in the place name. 👀👀

.Nieman Lab picked up my story on RANGE 's 2nd best month of reader support EVER. Read it here: journalistspaythemselves.com/p/from-surviva… Thanks for sharing it Nieman Lab team!📣

But the other 15% (or 50%) sometimes require complexity, nuance, description, digression, vividness, and a flock of adjectives and adverbs settling like starlings at dusk finally come home to roost after whirling around an apricot and then a smoke-blue sky.

Oregon's media climate is dire: The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief — a newspaper with 140-year-old roots — closed yesterday. One outlet did a story on the closure, but otherwise there has been no coverage. thechronicleonline.com/news/announcem…

“I have dug enough elk and deer out of fences. It really makes you want to change something.” Great to see IntermountainWestJV covering the growing wildlife-friendly fencing movement, in New Mexico and beyond. partnersinthesage.com/blog/2024/7/10…

Newtok is "... one of the first Alaska Native villages to complete a large-scale relocation because of climate change. ... 114 Alaska Native communities face some degree of infrastructure damage from erosion, flooding or permafrost melt... "

City politics can be extremely boring, but our friends at RANGE media believe it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why the media organization is hosting its PolitiCrawl, a pub crawl to a bar in each of the Spokane City Council’s districts. inlander.com/spokane/the-po…

A landslide sealed off much of the national park’s iconic road — to the delight of bears. hcn.org/issues/56-9/wh…