ARTICLES BY CHRISTIAN RYAN CORRESPONDANT
Outdoors: American bison making a comeback
Often (and incorrectly) referred to as the buffalo, our national mammal, the American bison (Bison bison) roamed a great expanse of land following the retreat of the glaciers that covered the American continent during the Ice Age. This area was called the Great Bison Belt, and it extended from Alaska …
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CRITTERS OF NORTH IDAHO: Moose
Spend any time in Coeur d’Alene and you’ll quickly take notice of the moose statues we have scattered about around here. That would be Mudgy Moose, and statues of him are displayed along the 2¼-mile trail along Lake Coeur d’Alene and through downtown Coeur d’Alene, corresponding with the locations Mudgy …
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CRITTERS OF NORTH IDAHO: The ring-necked pheasant
I was riding in the backseat of my car one day and I saw a gorgeous long-tailed bird with a plump body and fiery copper-red and chestnut brown plumage walking along the road. As familiar as I am with birds, I wasn’t sure what species this one belonged to.
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CRITTERS OF NORTH IDAHO: Appaloosa
Every state has its symbols, and Idaho is no exception. Our state fish is the cutthroat trout. Our state flower is Lewis’ mock-orange. Our state bird? That’s going to be the mountain bluebird. What about our state mammal? That title goes to the Appaloosa horse (Equus ferus caballus). Unlike the …
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