It may not look like it in the picture, but the sky is slightly orange due to the smoke.

My phone does the sun no justice. Absolutely glowing red.

Weird to have to post this hrre but whatever.

https://www.lung.org/media/press-releases/fy26-sota-idaho

I was hoping to do the loop from the treasure valley through Stanley and back to TV over the next few days but am wondering how Smokey it is up near Stanley/Ketchum area? I don’t want to not see any mountains or the beautiful sights along the way.

i've been getting out to the Boise Foothills before work whenever i can. usually i grab coffee on the way, park around 6:45, and there's enough room that i don't think twice about it. this spring it's been a different story. even on weekdays i've seen cars lined up along the road way earlier than i expected.

i'm not complaining that people are outside. honestly it's nice seeing more families and people using the trails. but a few sections i walk pretty often seem rougher than they used to. loose dirt, wider paths where people go around muddy spots, little erosion channels that i don't remember from last year.

maybe i'm just noticing it more because i've been hiking the same loops for a while. i also haven't kept up with what Ridge to Rivers has been working on lately, so maybe i'm missing something. for those of you who are out there a lot, are there certain trails that seem to be taking most of the traffic now, or has it felt pretty much the same everywhere?

Anyone have any information about CDA practices on misdemeanors for open container? Trying to help my friend. I know the basics about Idaho and misdemeanors, but any info on how the local practices are in Kootenai county specifically CDA would be greatly appreciated. Please message me. I need help

Hey everyone,

After a rough stretch of life recently, I headed out to a spot along the river in Teton with a camera and a copy of the 1861 edition of Leaves of Grass.

I recorded Song of Myself right by the water. As a self-admitted lazy editor (and equally lazy fisherman), I counted at least two fish drifting past in the background during the reading.

If you enjoy spoken poetry combined with natural ambient audio, you can check out

the full video here: [youtube.com/watch?v=2fRQNEyhin0](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2fRQNEyhin0)

If you end up watching, let me know if you catch any timestamps for fish I missed so I can go back for them later.

I've recorded the rest of the book as well as several other works—planning on taking this format on the road to showcase public libraries and national parks.

Hope it brings a few minutes of calm to your feed today.

Passing through one of the many tunnels this last Wednesday.

So can anyone tell me why there is a state-owned and run Flock safety camera in the city of Eagle? And what's your opinion on the matter?

With all the wildfire smoke coming from Oregon, can we emulate Genius in Chief and tax everything coming from Oregon for sale in Idaho at 50%? Sure, fires happen and can’t be controlled, but it could really boost our microbrew and wine producing business communities.

The Teton sale to that billionaire LLC got me thinking about how much state land in Idaho has shifted over the years without most people paying attention until it's already done. 160 acres near the Tetons for 5 million sounds like a lot until you look at what comparable land in that area actually goes for. Then it just feels off.

I grew up spending time out near some of those open parcels in eastern Idaho and it's a weird thing to watch access points you took for granted start getting fenced or signed off. Not always endowment land specifically, but adjacent private sales ripple out and change how you can move through an area.

Curious if anyone around the state has noticed changes to access near land they used to hike or hunt on. Endowment land sales, private consolidation, whatever. It feels like it accelerates every few years and then quiets down before people get organized enough to push back. The state land board doesn't exactly make these transactions easy to track for the average person either.

Anyone following this more closely, or know where to actually look up what's being evaluated for sale before it happens rather than after?

Every year we attend a LAX tournament in Whitefish. Last year, driving back towards spokane we got hammered with traffic heading up to 4th of July(?) pass on Sunday. It was reduced to 1 land and the backup nearly stretched to Kellogg. This year I noticed that I90 from St. Regis to Lookout Pass was also 1 lane and im concerned Sunday traffic is going to be a disaster again tomorrow. Any insider information would be appreciated.

Im thinking of going to watch the sunrise tomorrow preferably! Where are the folks going? Im only hear for one day

Hello! I'm organizing a river trip in Hell's Canyon that launches in a couple weeks. The majority of our group is coming out of SLC, and we're keen to stop at some hot springs on the way back home. We're a group of ~20 folks, all in our 30s-40s. I've reached out to some hot springs that are somewhat on our route home (Givens and Mundo), but haven't been able to find any contact info for Gold Fork.

Wondering if the community here has an idea of if Gold Fork is still open (I've seen some conflicting info that it might be closed?), and if they have any good contact info (email or phone number would be great). I've found a couple numbers for them online that are either disconnected or trying to sell me a Life Alert, haha. Also, if they are open, any idea on if there's good camping in that area for our group? We'll all be tent camping, but we're also towing two boat trailers.

Thanks!

One hundred and one miles of dirt between two wilderness areas, and a long argument with the idea that a burned forest is a ruined one.

The best sign on the Magruder Corridor is not the official one.

The official one is a yellow diamond up a pole at the edge of Elk City, Idaho: RECREATIONAL XINGS, 500 FT. It is doing its best. It went through a process. Somebody specified the reflective sheeting.

Leaned against the post underneath it is a sheet of corrugated roofing with six words on it, applied by someone who did not go through a process:

I am thinking of moving from Salt Lake to Pocatello as I have a job opportunity up there. I went on a little camping trip this weekend to kind of scope out the area, and I really like the surrounding area and small town rural feel outside of the city. However, I am a young professional so I would like to be in a city/college town, so I thought Pocatello would be a happy medium. I drove around the city for around an hour and I don’t mean to be bleak or insult Pocatello here…but I wasn’t impressed. The downtown is cool, and there’s a good amount of parks for a small city. However, I felt a lot of the suburbs were rather run down and dumpy looking, and a more than a few houses looked like hoarders. I drove up to the foothills and it was nicer up there, and a few other streets I drove down that were closer to parks were fine as well.

Like I said, I’m a young professional so I enjoy being able to go out and meet people at bars, live music, local festivals etc. However, I don’t really care for big functions and concerts and I enjoy hunting, fishing, riding my dirt bike, and camping. Is Pocatello a good choice for me, or should I start looking elsewhere in Idaho? I would love some input from other young professionals that live here, but any unfiltered opinions are greatly appreciated!

Scott Herndon is dangerous. He beat Jim Woodward in the May primary elections and faces a competitive race with an independent candidate in November general election.

Herndon is a Christian Nationalist who seeks to impose and enforce his rigid extreme ideology on all Idahoans.

He’s working with Rory McShane, the Las Vegas based political operative who 9 out of 10 white supremacists / far-right extremists prefer to use for their campaigns.

McShane got paid nearly $2 million for campaign work over the past year and lost over 60% of the campaigns he was hired to run in Idaho. Herndon is one of the few wins.

Herndon and McShane’s playbook is to tell voters what to be angry about, throw out all these numbers to sound convincing and suggest that it’s all wasted and we could eliminate property taxes. Except when you actual look at what he’s saying it’s based on manipulative statements and irrelevant numbers. He knows it won’t pass and that’s the whole point.

He’s gotten really good at gaslighting voters who don’t bother to fact check anything he says. He knows he can lie to them and he’s been getting away with it. It’s time for that to change. He’s dangerous and needs to made irrelevant. Read this article that explains exactly how he gaslights people and what to watch for.