Environment

Easy-to-grow flowers help bees and butterflies in Idaho.

A new report on wildfire risk uses demographic data to highlight counties around the West that may be especially vulnerable.

Growth and climate change are hurting pollinators in Idaho.

The judges found EPA permits in Idaho factory farms didn’t require enough monitoring of waste, and could lead to manure in waterways.

The $350 million investment would reduce the number of expensive and deadly wildlife-vehicle collisions – an issue that's especially acute in more rural Western states.

Higher elevations like mountain tops usually have more moisture, and fires historically hadn’t burned there very often. But that’s changing rapidly. The Dixie and Caldor fires in California are the first two wildfires ever recorded crossing the Sierra Nevada crest and burning down the other side.

How do you know your zucchinis are ready, and what do you do with all of them? Are your tomatoes safe as morning chills creep in? Is there still time to grow another round of greens before it gets too cold? Idaho Matters helps answer some green thumb questions.

Many irrigation canals in the Treasure Valley will be shut off this week, about a month earlier than usual.

Dismal snowpack and precipitation this spring meant some farmers in the Wood River Valley didn’t have enough water this summer for their crops. Rachel Cohen joined Idaho Matters to talk about what farmers are saying about how this year could be a sign of things to come.

One woman's quest to live off the land and give bees, birds, and butterflies a home.