Colleague Jim Hagengruber, our environmental wunderkind, is about to begin compiling an environmental blog for the SR. He sez it's "meant to be a one-stop blog shop for anything to do with how we use/enjoy/abuse our region's land, water and air." Also: "Mostly, I want it to be a clearinghouse for ideas and news about the environment. This could be everything from the minutia (the latest wildfire-caused trail closure? The best spot to watch eagles chow on kokanee?) to hot-button issues of logging, aquifer pollution or the Priest Lake caribou fight. I'm hoping it will be a place for readers to share ideas, viewpoints and feedback."

Now, Jim describes the problem: "We've had a hard time choosing a name for the blog. I liked Mud Blogging (combination of dirt, water and ideas), but was told this was too obscure. Chainsaw Love was also axed. So was Granola Head (I prefer frosted mini-wheats or, after payday, chicken fried steak and eggs). The winner of the name entry will have their choice of prize: either a box of free-range, semi-organic firewood (chainsawed and hand-split by me) or a sack of organic, hand-picked apples, which I hope to pluck this weekend from the trees at the Talache Apple Company."

DFO: So, name away. The winner of this little handy-dandy naming contest can enjoy hand-split firewood or a sack of organic, handpicked apples.

Question: Anyone?

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