By Gregory Kaltenecker, IBO Executive Director Most people know about the Intermountain Bird Observatory’s Lucky Peak Station high in the Boise foothills. Volunteers help band hundreds of migratory birds there […]
More than 90 volunteers made quick work of planting 550 shrubs at the City of Boise’s Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve on April 14 as part of the Boise River Enhancement […]
Work Begins on Water Quality Protection Project The Farmers’ Co-operative Ditch Company of Parma is breaking new ground in northwest Canyon County as work gets underway on an 8.8-acre sediment […]
By Heidi Ware, Education and Outreach Director for the Intermountain Bird Observatory Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve teems with birds. Birders come to Hyatt in droves for the excellent views of charismatic […]
Unbeknownst to most harried commuters, Ada County Highway District (ACHD) is reducing pollution of the Boise River as part of many road improvement projects. ACHD is leading the valley in […]
Used by permission of the Intermountain Bird Observatory For the past few months, Sage International School senior, Zoe Daly has been working on a project using Yellow Warbler data from […]
Have you ever heard of a beaver with a headache? Probably not. Beavers eat willow plants that contain the active ingredient in aspirin. And they don’t have to worry about […]
By Conner Jackson A walk through the city of Boise’s Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve in the middle of the winter is a great time to see plants in their dormant […]
By Jessica Harrold, Ada Soil & Water Conservation District Agriculture is big business in the Treasure Valley. Area farmers produce a wide variety of crops including hops, award-winning wines, onions, […]
By Erin Brooks, Natural Resources Conservation Service It would have been hard to find any reference to soil health twenty years ago. Soil was conventionally treated as an inert growing […]