Eric Barker

1 week ago | lmtribune.com | Eric Barker

The U.S. Senate passed legislation Wednesday to extend a program that helps timber-dependent counties fund schools and roads. The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 still needs to be approved by the House but its success in the upper chamber was hailed by senators from Idaho and Oregon.

1 week ago | lmtribune.com | Eric Barker

Firefighters are continuing their efforts to quickly corral the Post Fire — an unusually early blaze burning above U.S. Highway 12 and the Lochsa River. The fire has covered about 150 acres and is burning on a south facing slope west of Post Office Creek or about 14 miles west of Powell. “It’s in a bad spot. A really steep spot, but also close to the highway,” said Stefani Spencer, fire information officer for the Northern Rockies Incident Command Team that is managing suppression efforts.

1 month ago | idahostatejournal.com | Eric Barker

The congressional delegations of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to kill a proposed rule that would protect grizzly bears in the Lower 48 States as a single population. Led by Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., the letter addressed to Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Paul Souza, protests the agency’s decision in January to change the way it manages the great bears.

Jan 10, 2025 | treefrogcreative.ca | Eric Barker |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash

The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest Plan to be Released Friday By Eric Barker The Lewiston Tribune January 9, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States, US West IDAHO – The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest said it will finalize and release the long-awaited revision of its governing plan Friday.

Dec 8, 2024 | bakadesuyo.com | Eric Barker

“Carpe diem.” It’s the battle cry of motivational posters, Pinterest boards, and that one friend who just declared bankruptcy for the third time. It’s one of the oldest philosophical slogans around, first stated by Horace in 23 BCE. The poem he wrote it in, “Ode XI”, is only eight lines long but, hoo boy, has it had legs. Look around and you still see versions of it everywhere – from “Dead Poets Society” to Nike (“Just Do It”), to #YOLO. But honestly: Seize the day?