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‘Deferred resignations’ prompt Idaho national forest to close ranger stations

An Idaho national forest announced Tuesday that it will temporarily shutter some of its district ranger stations due to short-staffing, the second forest to do so in recent weeks after deep cuts to the U.S. Forest Service earlier this year. Officials with the Payette National Forest said in a news release that it will temporarily close its McCall, New Meadows and Weiser ranger district offices ...
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Ammi Midstokke: The little plants that could

Now that my vegetables are in the ground, their battle for statistically improbable survival has begun. I’ve redoubled my efforts to research the nuances of plant care, including panicked trips to the gardening store with photographs of leaves, requests for soil testing kits, and the acquisition of enough fertilizer to get flagged by Homeland Security.
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Pelican pals

Pelicans take off at the Cheney Wetlands earlier this month in this photo by Melaine Williams.
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Ammi Midstokke: Misery on mile 3

I don’t know where undaunted optimism comes from, but I know I got the gene. Many people confuse it with the naïvety gene, when they are in fact quite different. The naïvety gene is sort of like having problem-blinders, whereas the optimism gene leads one to believe that obstacles ahead are smaller than they appear and that one possess the necessary skills or gumption to overcome them.
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