Why We Need to Restore Floodplains
Reposted from American Rivers. Photos provided by BREN. Floods can be inconvenient. Large floods can be downright disastrous. Small, regular floods that inundate riverside floodplains are essential to a river’s […]
Birds of Expo Idaho
Story and photos by Louisa Evers As Ada County’s Expo Idaho Citizens Advisory Committee wrestles with what should be next for the 240-acre site in Garden City, the Boise River […]
BREN Cleanup Flotillas Tackle the Trash
BREN volunteers took to the Boise River to tackle the trash and they made quite the haul. The adventurous crews launched kayaks, rafts, SUPs, canoes, IKs, float tubes and a […]
Volunteers Endure Prickers and Thorns to Enhance Habitat In Eagle and Middleton
Conditions are improving for native birds, wildlife and fish along the Boise River in Eagle and Middleton due to the hard work of BREN volunteers. With the support of GEICO […]
Game Birds and Wading Birds of Middleton River Park
Text and photos by Louisa Evers except as noted. Please see Birding for Citizen Science in Middleton River Park, and Songbirds of the Boise River Part 1, Part 2 and […]
Volunteers Collect 200 Bags of Trash
Make It Pretty Boise River Clean Up Nearly 100 volunteers participated in our Make It Pretty Boise River Clean Up on May 30. 200 bags of trash were collected from […]
Idaho Young Birders Club Launches
by Lucian Davis The Idaho Young Birders Club is a project of the Golden Eagle Audubon Society. It’s aimed at getting young people interested in birds and conservation, and raising […]
Songbirds of Middleton River Park – Part 3
Text and photos by Louisa Evers Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for introductory information and lots of song birds. Bird safely. Contribute to citizen science. Finches Finches are […]
Songbirds of Middleton River Park – Part 2
Text and photos by Louisa Evers Please see Part 1 for introductory information and more song birds too. Bird safely. Contribute to citizen science. Swallows Swallows are aerial songbirds with […]
Songbirds of Middleton River Park – Part 1
text and photos by Louisa Evers Editor’s note – Learn more about the Middleton River Park and its birds here. Access to the undeveloped park is from adjacent neighborhoods. Bird […]