By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief
The Claremont Fire burns in the Boise foothills behind the Idaho Capitol building and downtown on July 6, 2026. The Idaho Department of Lands is among several fire agencies working on the fire. (Photo by Laura Guido/Idaho Capital Sun)
ENVIRONMENT
Idaho has spent more than $20M on wildfire suppression so far this year as conditions worsen
By Laura Guido
Statewide, more than 60,000 acres have burned on state, federal and private land. About 4,000 acres have burned on state endowment land. The majority of the fires have been human-caused.
Cyanobacteria blooms occur when blue-green algae rapidly grows out of control. (Courtesy of Lorraine Backer/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health image library)
ENVIRONMENT
Idaho’s Brownlee and Hells Canyon reservoirs under health advisory
By Abigail Gerstein
Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare advised recreators to stay out of Brownlee and Hells Canyon reservoirs, after recent samples revealed high amounts of toxin-producing cyanobacteria.
A grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. (Photo by Frank van Manen/USGS/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0)
COMMENTARY
Alliance for the Wild Rockies, residents score win in fight for North Idaho’s old growth, grizzlies
By Mike Garrity
The logging project is located in the habitat of the imperiled Selkirk grizzly bears, which are in dire straits, writes guest columnist Mike Garrity.
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