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Join Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett for this episode of The Nature of Idaho, where they sit down with Ethan Davis, avalanche forecaster from the Sawtooth Avalanche Center in Hailey, Idaho.

This episode of The Nature of Idaho, hosts Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett sit down with Otto Lang, a doctoral student at the University of Utah, to discuss how dust is melting the snowpack in the mountains.

Nathan Gregson interviews Alissa Salmore on the plans for the I-15/I-86 Project.

Nathan Gregson interviews Alissa Salmore on some background information on the I-15/I-86 Project.

In this two-part series, Jodie Schwicht speaks with Dr. Solomon Leung of the Civil and environmental Engineering program at ISU on how engineering and environmental consciousness interact.

Join Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett for this episode of The Nature of Idaho, where our hosts sit down with Dr. Jen Pierce, professor of geoscience at Boise State University to discuss climate change.

Jessa talks with Idaho Conservation League’s Public Lands Director, John Robison, to gain a better understanding of the Environmental Impact Statement process conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, and hear the ICL’s take on the Lava Ridge DEIS.

Perpetua Mining Company has proposed to reopen a mining site near McCall Idaho to mine gold, silver, and - to some degree - antimony. This incredibly complex project has caught the attention of grassroots and state organizations worried about the impacts of the proposed mine on Idaho’s environment and socio-economic culture. In the first episode of their new series, Jessa and Emma try to understand just what the proposed mine is and why Perpetua is proposing this project. Mary Farout Petterson, a board member for the Idaho Conservation League, spoke with Jessa and Emma to uncover some of these answers.

In 2022, Leah Pandoah organized Fort Hall’s annual craft fair, which occurred on December 19th and 20th. Leah sat down with Emma and Jessa to talk them through the spirit of the fair and what attendees could expect to see.

In the final part of their Water and Wildfire, Jessa and Emma sat down with M.S. biology graduate Erika Stewart about her work on fire-resistant plants along Idaho roads and highways.