Donald Trump says he will divert the 'giant faucet' of the Columbia River south to thirsty California
Ice Harbor Dam dumps waters from the Snake into the Columbia Former President Donald Trump suggested there was a “large faucet” up North...
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Letters From The West
rbarker773
- 6 days ago
- 4 min
Wrong Tree tells amusing inside stories of a wildlife expert who gets his hands dirty
Jeff Wilson rarely missed a chance to make an encounter with an animal or a human a learning experience. The Iowa farm boy, who made a...
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rbarker773
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Congress passed the Wilderness Act 60 years ago and its inspirational force lives on through an ever-crowding world
A falls in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness This week, 60 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act,...
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rbarker773
- Sep 3
- 4 min
Klamath dams finally come down; thank Brownie Carson and the river advocates in Maine for kicking off the movement
We paddle the free-flowing Kennebec River a day after Edwards Dam came down (NRCM) Shrouded in the New England mist, Everett “Brownie”...
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rbarker773
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Stanley has survived the worst the Wapiti Fire has thrown at them as it created its own terrible weather
The Wapiti Fire near Stanley creates its own weather during the heat of the afternoon(U.S. Forest Service} The worst may be over for the...
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Rocky Barker
- Aug 26
- 6 min
Salmon have overcome many obstacles but still survive in the Columbia and Snake rivers and again depend on an election to safeguard their future
Salmon still survive in the Columbia and Snake rivers and again depend on an election to safeguard their future
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Rocky Barker
- Aug 20
- 5 min
The 1910 forest fires and their hero Pulaski couldn't stop the natural forces that led us to the megafires of today
I stand before the mine adit where Pulaski survived the 1910 fire in 2010 The memory of Old Faithful in 1988 stuck I my mind as I crawled...
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Rocky Barker
- Aug 12
- 2 min
In the Idaho desert lies the most popular slightly radioactive tourist attraction in America
Sixty nine years ago, Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 generated enough electricity to power a string of four light bulbs at what is now...
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rbarker773
- Aug 1
- 2 min
The end of the timber wars in the American West brought down the temperature of the forest debate
A new forest grows after harvest and fire. I watched the timber wars end in the American West in the 1990s. A series of court decisions...
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rbarker773
- Jul 24
- 2 min
Travis, Kourtney and little Rocky bring me back from the brink on rockybarker.com
Travis Barker acting like the rock star he is for Workday commercial I ignored the Kardashians until they reached into my life. On Nov....
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rbarker773
- Jul 14
- 3 min
Now is the time for all of us to listen to each other and follow Greg Carr's example.
Greg Carr meets with visitors and staff at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique Greg Carr’s life is a model for making the world a...
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rbarker773
- Jul 12
- 5 min
Calvin Coolidge called this place "Idaho's national park" 100 years ago
Looking out across the Great Rift from Laidlaw Park in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve More than 100 years ago Robert...
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rbarker773
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Is this Supreme Court tougher than the strongest environmental law ever passed?
A greater sage grouse male displays its puffed up breast during mating ritual The recent Supreme Court decision that knocked down the...
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rbarker773
- May 29
- 4 min
Bob Inglis offers Republican approach to fighting climate change
Bob Inglis talks with Uof I student Matt Dunkle on a Snake River trip in 2017 How do you convince a Trump voter that climate change...
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rbarker773
- May 28
- 16 min
We need to carry wildness through the hourglass of climate change
Shrouded in the Atlantic mist, I carved my paddle through the calm waters of the Kennebec River. I had joined a small armada of joyful...
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rbarker773
- May 18
- 4 min
Idaho's ultimate vacation experience is deep in the wilderness and you can get there in style
It's hard to jump back into real life after a week on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. The Middle Fork's 100 miles of roller-coaster...
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rbarker773
- May 13
- 4 min
I thought I saw a Nixon dirty trick, but it turned out to be the story of a remarkable activist
By Rocky Barker In 2009 I reported on the Watergate connection of Walt Minnick who was then an Idaho Democratic Congressman. Minnick...
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rbarker773
- May 13
- 4 min
Protecting the Owyhees and the politics of place
I paddle down the East Fork of the Owyhee River By Rocky Barker Copyright 2024 Bruce Babbitt had invited me to fly on his jet to Arco,...
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rbarker773
- May 6
- 15 min
How a Republican congressman got a wilderness protected unanimously during the Obama Administration
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson and Idaho Conservation League Director Rick Johnson were sitting in The Mayflower Hotel’s dining room in...
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rbarker773
- May 5
- 5 min
This may be the best fly fishing spot near an urban area
If ever a river proved the wisdom of wild trout management it is the South Fork of the Boise River . Here is a place only 60 miles from...
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