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Becky Kramer
Becky Kramer is a reporter for The Spokesman-Review in the Idaho department. She covers environment and natural resource issues.
How to contact Becky
- Email: beckyk@spokesman.com
- Phone: 208-765-7122
- Fax: 208-765-7149
Recent stories by Becky
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CdA nursery grows saplings to order for Forest Service
October 21, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Over a three-year period, wildfires charred 50,000 acres of the Custer National Forest in South Dakota. In some 1,000-acre tracts, not a single ponderosa pine tree remained to cast new …
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Amid silver’s steady rise, sides fight over mine lease
October 20, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Nine months after the Sunshine Mine’s operators filed for bankruptcy, a court battle is heating up over control of the historic silver mine. Sterling Mining Co. reopened the Sunshine Mine …
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Sandpoint byway erosion control draws EPA’s scrutiny, complaint
October 16, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7
The Idaho Transportation Department is again in trouble with the federal regulators over faulty erosion controls at a U.S. Highway 95 construction project. An inspector with the U.S. Environmental Protection …
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Four accused of poaching
October 14, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5
Acting on tips from residents, Idaho game officers have nabbed four men accused of poaching elk. A Bonners Ferry veterinarian and his hunting partner were charged with illegally taking one …
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Idaho veterinarian, hunting partner face poaching charges
October 13, 2009 in Outdoors, Idaho A Bonners Ferry veterinarian and his hunting partner have been charged with illegally taking two bull elk on the day before archery season opened. 2
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Bears amble far, wide when year’s berry bad
October 10, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Bear populations rise and fall on huckleberry crops. So the data from a survey north of Bonners Ferry initially stumped Barb Moore. During 2004 – the second year in a … 1
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Fish and Wildlife unveils wolf plan
October 7, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5
International borders and state lines are no deterrent to gray wolves, which are drifting into Washington from neighboring packs in British Columbia, Idaho and Montana. At least two wolf packs …
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Fueling a new industry
October 4, 2009 in Business on Page E1
When Shawn Montee finished a logging job, thousands of BTUs of energy used to go up in smoke. His crews gathered up the logging slash and torched it. To Montee, …
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First North Idaho wolf kill reported
October 2, 2009 in City, Idaho A wolf was shot in the Marble Creek area of the St. Joe River drainage Thursday during the opening day of wolf season in the Idaho Panhandle. 6
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EPA studying dangers near old Zonolite factory
October 1, 2009 in Idaho on Page A8
Respirator-wearing technicians from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were back testing for asbestos this week near W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane. During soil testing in June, the agency …
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EPA continues asbestos testing in West Central
September 30, 2009 in City Additional asbestos testing is taking place today near W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane. EPA officials want to know if routine activities – such as shoveling dirt or raking …
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Toxic algae in Long Lake
September 30, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5
The discovery of toxic algae blooms in Long Lake has prompted authorities to warn residents to stay out of the water and keep their pets and livestock away, too. A …
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Sterling Mining hit with $50,000 fine
September 29, 2009 in Idaho Sterling Mining Co. has been fined $50,000 for violations of its federal pollution discharge permit at the Sunshine Mine and Mill complex in Idaho’s Silver Valley.
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Repository shipments begin
September 29, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Shipments of mine waste started arriving at the East Mission Flats repository Monday, after a top Superfund official endorsed a plan to store 40,000 truckloads of soil tainted with heavy … 1
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UI professor joins ice melt research
September 29, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 At the Greenland ice sheet’s coldest and thickest point, where temperatures can plunge to 55 degrees below zero and ancient ice layers are 10,000 feet deep, a University of Idaho …
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