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Idaho Drought Index – David Hoekema, IDWR Hydrologist

You most likely have heard of Shoshone Falls with is magnificent and should be seen, but there are other incredible waterfalls in Idaho that deserve attention as well.

You most likely have heard of Shoshone Falls with is magnificent and should be seen, but there are other incredible waterfalls in Idaho that deserve attention as well.

You most likely have heard of Shoshone Falls with is magnificent and should be seen, but there are other incredible waterfalls in Idaho that deserve attention as well.

A lone great gray owl made its second try at harvesting a vole only failing to collect its supper; it would try a third time before disappearing into the thick aspen grove. The deep packed snow created by snow plows clearing the road had made the snow too hard for it to successfully collect its […]

As I approached the Vernon Bridge spanning the Henrys Fork of the Snake River west of Ashton, I noticed hundreds of birds picking off insects flying over the river. With temperatures in the 40s, the insects were hatching and the nomadic bohemian waxwings were enjoying them. There were a few American robins and cedar waxwings […]

Mountain snowpack levels are well above normal in every Idaho basin but a lot more is needed to ensure irrigators have an adequate supply of water during the state’s 2023 growing season.<p>Water managers say Idaho’s mountain snowpack levels are off to a great start but they also caution that a lot more is needed during the state’s traditional snow accumulation season, which typically ends about April 1.<p>“We’re off to a good start,” said Tony Olenichak, watermaster for W...

Last week while photographing owls along the Henrys Fork of the Snake River with a friend, we discussed the beautiful flocked trees, rose hips, powerlines, fence wires and even weeds in the freezing fog. The beautiful pure white ice crystals seemed to cover everything. In our conversation, both of us referred to the ice crystals […]

“I’ve got a ton of turkeys down by my place,” commented a friend of mine, last Sunday at church. “There is a lot more than I saw last year and I had about 60 at the starts of the winter.” My friend and I have a stubble field and a hay field between us and […]

While watching Trumpeter swans and Mallard ducks feeding along the Texas Slough in the Burton area, west of Rexburg, two flashes of powder-blue caught my attention. The raucous rattling sound indicated a pair of belted kingfishers were chasing each other along warm seeps where minnows were trapped in pockets of water. The male had caught […]