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This juvenile mountain lion was photographed relaxing on a tree branch in East Hailey on Sunday, April 3, seemingly undeterred by the homeowner’s efforts to haze it away with an airhorn and other objects.

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The Hailey City Council introduced an ordinance on Monday that would make the private feeding of backyard wildlife—except for wild birds and squirrels—an infraction upon the first offense and a misdemeanor upon the second.

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Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers trapped and later killed an adult female mountain lion on Tuesday, March 21, in the Deerfield neighborhood in eastern Hailey. It was the second lion killed in that neighborhood within a five-day period.

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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers euthanized a young mountain lion in Hailey last Friday as part of their efforts to remove a female with two offspring that the agency determined had become a threat to public safety.

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A panel tasked with assessing the Bureau of Land Management’s draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project—which calls for installing up to 400 wind turbines on federal, state and private lands northeast of Twin Falls—has recommended a “no action” alternative…

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Amid this month’s unsurpassed avalanche activity and unstable snow conditions, the Idaho Central Mountain Rescue Group convened near Baker Creek on Thursday, March 16, for a large-scale field exercise putting textbook avalanche rescue strategies to the test.

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March came in like a lion, dropping storm after storm on the Wood River Valley—and bumping the snow-water equivalent in the Big Wood River basin, including these East Fork mailboxes, to 139% of normal for March 16, according to data from USDA’s National Resource Conservation Service. The Lit…

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A three-year study is underway in the Wood River Valley to measure the potential impact commercial sheep grazing could have on reducing the proliferation of cheatgrass, an invasive species that increases the risk of wildfire and hurts agricultural production in the western United States.

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The Bureau of Land Management has extended the public comment period on the proposed plans for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, which calls for installing up to 400 wind turbines on federal, state and private lands northeast of Twin Falls.

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Skiers triggered at least six separate avalanches in and around the Wood River Valley during a 48-hour span between Sunday and Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sawtooth Avalanche Center, as late-winter storms overwhelmed weak layers of the south-central Idaho snowpack.

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The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a joint meeting next week of two panels evaluating the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project, which calls for installing up to 400 wind turbines on federal, state and private lands northeast of Twin Falls.

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Two more elk have died after eating yew in the Warm Springs area of Ketchum, one on Feb. 16 and the other on Feb. 21, according to Terry Thompson, regional communications manager for the Magic Valley region of Idaho Fish and Game.

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Following four years of increased hunting opportunities for elk south of the Wood River Valley to reduce crop damage, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game now says herds have stabilized to an acceptable level and hunting should be reduced there.