Friday, December 19, 2025

ARTICLES BY JERRY PAINTER IDAHO FALLS POST REGISTER

The biologists who are losing sleep over sheep They're working to solve the thorny problem of mixing bighorn sheep and backcountry skiers

It turns out the Teton Range bighorn sheep don’t like people much.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Idaho ski hills look to attract millenials Boomer population spends more time in chalet

You may have heard that old skiers never die, but the age thing is catching up with skiing baby boomers.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Rigby photographer takes first in National Wildlife Federation contest

It was a cold, frosty, foggy day in December when Kirk Geisler of Rigby went out to Camas National Wildlife Refuge hoping to shoot photos of whitetail deer. But other critters caught his attention instead.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Idea for ice fishing device born at Island Park Reservoir

Matt Dungan’s ice fishing gear business started when he was a boy trapping possums in the woods of Tennessee.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Wolverine study extends to SE state as IDFG sets cameras, hair traps

Eastern Idaho biologists want wolverines to shed a bit of hair and grin for the camera in the name of science.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Teton bighorn outnumbered by invasive mt. goats

Just so you know, Wyoming Game and Fish doesn’t hate mountain goats. But the growth of the non-native critters in the Teton Range is posing a problem that has wildlife managers considering lethal measures.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Teton bighorn outnumbered by invasive mountain goats

Just so you know, Wyoming Game and Fish doesn’t hate mountain goats. But the growth of the non-native critters in the Teton Range is posing a problem that has wildlife managers considering lethal measures.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Falconry taking flight in Idaho

A young falcon circled around a sagebrush and cheatgrass field south of Arco on Thursday when a few sage grouse burst from the ground. The chase was on. The falcon closed the gap and hit one of the grouse, but not hard enough to do any damage and the grouse …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Idaho falconry: Hunting with beak, talons and feathers

A young falcon circled around a sagebrush and cheatgrass field south of Arco on Thursday when a few sage grouse burst from the ground. The chase was on. The falcon closed the gap and hit one of the grouse, but not hard enough to do any damage and the grouse …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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