Eric Barker

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?

Nov 2, 2024 | columbiabasinbulletin.org | Eric Barker

By Eric Barker, The Lewiston Tribune, Feeling crowded out of the prime fishing spots in the Clearwater Basin, the Nez Perce Tribe will experiment with gill nets and drift nets during the spring chinook fishing season. For the tribe, the move is about harvesting its share of the run, something that rarely happens in the Clearwater River and its tributaries during bigger return years.

Sep 26, 2024 | lmtribune.com | Eric Barker

A southern Idaho man accused of dozens of hunting violations, including a scheme to purchase and market hunting tags, illustrates the many ways that wealth can be used to manipulate a system designed to be egalitarian. Karl W. Studer, of Rupert, was charged in Twin Falls County District Court in July with more than 20 violations of Idaho hunting regulations, including six felonies for allegedly poaching trophy elk, moose and pronghorn.

Sep 12, 2024 | lmtribune.com | Eric Barker

The Idaho firefighter critically injured by a falling tree has been moved to a hospital in Colorado that specializes in traumatic brain injuries. Justin “Riley” Shaw was hit by a snag shortly after his crew arrived at the Coffee Can Saddle Fire, 11 miles east of Riggins, on Aug. 10. He was stabilized by his crew, Life Flighted to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center at Lewiston and later to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.