From dream to hard-earned reality
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Lena Haug likes a challenge.
The professional equestrian has never shied from the unknown, whether it was leading horseback expeditions as a teen in Chile …
Category: Pets & Animals
I wanted a barn cat
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I’m a dog person.
Most people can make assertions about what kind of person that makes me, and they’d likely be right. I am outgoing, …
Mountain lion activity partially closes trails at Pine St. Woods
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Kaniksu Land Trust temporarily closed several trails at Pine Street Woods on Aug. 15 after mountain bikers reported seeing a dead deer near the Crooked …
Happy birthday, Sgt. Pepper
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When Janice Simeone adopted a barn cat from a neighbor in 1996, she also became the owner of that cat’s four kittens. More incredible than …
Paws and all
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Many in Bonner County consider both the human and non-human needs of their household equally important. With that in mind, several local organizations are teaming …
Trapping is a legal, useful tool to manage wolf populations
By Eric Wieland
Reader Contributor
A few years ago I was hunting on the west side of the Selkirks. It was a crisp September morning, the frost was still clinging …
Wolves in trouble
By Jane Fritz
Reader Contributor
A friend and I hiked up along Johnson Creek in Clark Fork last month, popular for winter recreation, only to find ourselves on the heels …
Chronic Wasting Disease found in Idaho deer
By Reader Staff
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and Idaho Fish and Game are encouraging hunters to take precautions when handling deer, elk or moose due to recent …
Mad About Science: Flocking birds
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
You will often see gaggles of Canada geese flying overhead during autumn, as they migrate from one place to another. These are the most present …
Wentworth the cat burglar strikes again
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Wentworth the cat burglar is at it again.
Two years ago, the Reader published a story about an unassuming cat named Wentworth who was notorious …
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