morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/forest-ser.... Read this, folks. Contact your Reps...ASAP!

*New Fire* Cabin creek fire between Alturas & Pettit Lakes in the Sawtooth. 5 acres. Active air show “READY” evacuation notice in Pettit lake area (where I REALLY hope to be tomorrow night) I don’t expect much from this, forest is still pretty green & not ready to support large fire #IdahoFire

Doors of Durin.

#ResistanceEarth Your electric bill is already a shocker (pardon the pun). Your water bill may be next. Climate change is forcing municipalities to build new infrastructure to ensure reliable delivery of water. That cost is going to show up on your monthly bill. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

Might be somewhat "telling" that, even in GOP Idaho, the death of Lindsey Graham is #9 out of 11 main articles on an E ID news site. #1 is about area traffic construction delays. Even in a Repub dominated state, people are concerned most about costs of fuel & food. Midterms could be...interesting.

A fox squirrel splooting in shade of backyard cottonwood, just now. Even the wildlife is looking for shade in today's 100° heat!

Ever come across a 6'4" guy wearing one of these sweat-stained hats & wade-cast, fly-fishing in Snake River of E ID, darn good chance...it's me!

Spring Ck stones catching this morning's sun, highlighting colors and ripple shadows.

60° headed to 100° today in E ID. After sunrise coffee on deck, walked down to the river. Still running too hi for wading, but saw minnows or fry leaping from the surface in shallows with a large ripple behind. Prob a rainbow feasting, this AM. 1 project left before grandkids arrive in couple wks!

Our top scientists are getting recruited overseas. 29 US scientists are from #NIH & Harvard, Yale, Columbia & Stanford universities. The fact that NIH scientists were recruited means that the world values what we built over 80 years, more than this administration. 🧪 nltimes.nl/2026/07/07/n...

The Glass Frog (family Centrolenidae) is one of the most fascinating amphibians in the rainforests of Central and South America. [📹 davidattenboroughfansclub] Original post

James Talarico packed the Plano Event Center in Collin County—Ken Paxton's own backyard—with 4,000+ people, standing room only, and lines wrapped around the building. LFG @jamestalarico.bsky.social‼️👏✊️💙

Fun fact. The common swift can fly for months without landing. [🎞️ thebirdlens] Original post

The size of a blue whale compared to a full grown humpback whale. Original post

60 Magnolia Warblers were fitted with Motus tags (small radio transmitters) at Long Point’s Tip this spring as part of research seeking to improve our understanding of their migration ecology. @birdscanada.bsky.social 🇨🇦🧪🌎 #birdringing

Anyone know what sort of fossil this is? Found it in a broken rock.

A top election forecaster has shifted four gubernatorial races in Democrats’ favor, while only one race moved positively for Republicans. 🧵 www.thedailybeast.com/cook-politic...

The Trump regime is gutting protections for workers' 401(k) plans and opening them up to risky investments like crypto and private equity. The crony leading this charge even ran a company that defended employers from worker lawsuits. Utterly shameless greed.

In 1970, students in a fifth-grade class at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write a letter to someone they admired, asking them “What makes a good citizen?" So 10yr old Joel Lipton wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. Joel got a reply.

I have a whole list of things that jump out at me in Trump’s rant. However, that he is scared shitless…is in the top three.

One of my favorites of the Orcas in Puget Sound, Washington. A newborn calf to J Pod, September 2025:🐋 📸Center for Whale Research

"We're gonna need a bigger boat!"🐋 Humpback Whale, Tacoma, Washington 📸Cherie StOurs

Hundreds of snakes are on the loose in China after severe flooding damaged a breeding farm, allowing around 900 reptiles to escape. Venomous snakes, including cobras, are reportedly among them as authorities warn residents and launch a massive search. Original post

Some chores on place are never ending. Spot sprayed one of the banes of my existence, thistles. Realize, while visiting old homeland of Scotland, they're the nat'l flower. But, here, they're a noxious weed. Trimmed last stretch of path. And, river still too hi to wade. Now, book on deck in shade.

Tiny little stone stars from an ancient sea floor. These are star shaped crinoid columnals, the fossilized stem pieces of sea lilies that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Original post

As Americans struggle with the cost of rent or mortgage payments, the president has a message for you: buzz off. He’s not interested. He made two billion off the presidency last year, and he couldn't care less about the hardships of ordinary people.

A leucistic orca filmed swimming with its pod proves this rare white condition does not stop social bonding. Only a handful of these individuals have ever been documented worldwide.

WWII veteran gives his honest opinion Original post

Trump is building a border wall through Big Bend. Or Trump is building a futuristic forcefield of lights and sensors. Or have they scrapped the border wall plans altogether? Sam Karas cuts through the confusion and 💩:

Sitting in my "Lazy One" May The Forest Be With You PJs on back deck. Enjoying the morning bird songs, the calm & 51° temp, before heat of day hits. Listening to the songs of awakening birds. Both Rufous & Black-chinned Hummingbirds have been hitting the feeder. Simply relaxing...

Was thrilling to see a massive sunfish in the waters off Chester (Nova Scotia) this evening!

Just got back up to home from the Snake. Water's too hi & fast for wading. Couple guys were drifting & fishing. Had been on river for 2 hrs & had a couple more to go before next takeout. Having a slow time fishing, but had seen a moose.

The new "Air Force One" was supposed to replace the old one forever. Then, after tensions with Iran, Trump quietly flew the old aircraft . That's understandable. The old jet has more defensive capabilities. What's not understandable is the story he made up to explain it. He just can't stop lying—

That Mitch McConnell has been a real chatty Cathy, seems like every republican has had a 20 minute conversation with him.

www.eastidahonews.com/2026/07/yell.... That time of year. Going to check water temp on the Snake, below place, this afternoon.

A massive brown bear was spotted navigating the high-altitude peaks of Alaska. Original post

Republicans and Democrats worked together to pass a bill to build more housing and stop hedge funds from buying up single-family homes, but Trump is holding it hostage. He needs to stop playing games and sign the bill so more Americans can finally afford homes.

My painting TOWERING STORM

"Whenever I see these people on social media promoting peptide therapies and saying they're experts in this field and they've been doing it for a really long time, sure, you can say those things, but show me the data." www.npr.org/2026/07/08/n...

The Secret Behind Trump's NATO Disaster www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-secret...

The splendor of Mount Seceda, South Tyrol, Northern Italy 🇮🇹 Original post

Brown & rainbow trout my wife has made out of stained glass. Since I release my catches, nice way to remember some great times on the river.

My wife made me a stained glass rainbow trout today! To go along with my brown trout, she did earlier. Said it took her time to find the right glass with a reddish streak, for the body. Next, a cutthroat & I'll have all 3, in stained glass, that I land below home on the Snake!

This evening...twins coming out from front pasture.

My parents redid our kitchen to the bicentennial theme, everyone who saw it loved it 🥰

Saw this today 💚 A Luna Moth. Isn't she beautiful?!