4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (964+ words) When representatives of Blue Forest were looking for money to make forests more resilient by improving watersheds and culling overgrowth, they met a bank's chief sustainability officer at the Sun Valley Forum. With the capital he provided to operate their…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1517+ words) Blue-green streamers hung from the ceiling of The Argyros on Wednesday night, rippling like the river they were meant to honor. Attendees clutching Big Woody Lagers'the Sawtooth Brewery beer named for the Big Wood River that flows through the Wood…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (157+ words) The Sun Valley Forum kicked off 11 years ago with an earnest message from U. S. Sen. Cory Booker. And over the years it's brought such changemakers as Dr. Sylvie Earle and Antarctica explorer Robert Swan to share possibilities for resilience as the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (188+ words) The second annual State of the Big Wood will take place from 5 to 7 p. m. Wednesday, May 20, at The Argyros in Ketchum. The evening will celebrate the release of Project Big Wood's annual State of the Big Wood report. It also will…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago  (319+ words) STORY BY MEG PULLIAM The Warm Springs Preserve Restoration Project is moving forward on critical improvements that benefit both people and wildlife, thanks to a $300, 000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation. Led by the Wood River Land Trust in partnership…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago  (318+ words) Every spring, the Environmental Resource Center, aka ERC, organizes the valley-wide "Clean Sweep" to help give the Wood River Valley a much-needed post-winter sprucing up. After signing in, picking up a trash bag and gloves and choosing an area to…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (981+ words) The Camas Prairie near Fairfield looks different than it did 150 years ago. Dense blue-purple flowers that were once so thick European immigrants mistook them for a lake now only bloom in scattered patches. The invasive garrison grass that blankets much…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (714+ words) Laurie Moss couldn't bear to part with her husband's 501 jeans when he could no longer use them. So, she turned them into handbags. Moss displayed some of her handbags made of the denim jeans and upholstery pieces at the seventh…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (474+ words) STORY BY MEG PULLIAM The Wood River Land Trust and Friends of the Howard Preserve are looking for community support to help secure a 0. 55-acre parcel at the south end of the Howard Preserve, which will create a permanent southern…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (150+ words) Thirty years of picking up trash. That's the case with the Environmental Resource Center, which is holding its 30th annual Clean Sweep event for the community on Saturday, May 2. Adults and children alike are invited to join in the fun, which…...