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Without the system of dams on the Boise, this Treasure Valley community wouldn't exist. Much of the farmland that is being swallowed up by development lies in what was historically the seasonal flood plain. That farmland itself would be too dry for any significant production if not for the...

This tickles me. Our paddling community here is largely (at least vocally) very much anti-dam. Except when it comes to the projects that are the opposite of your example. The city stretch of the Boise has several irrigation diversion dams - aka weirs. One of them was a hazardous low head with a...

There are some undammed stretches of river that are canoeable most of the year, sometimes even in both directions. The Teton has no impoundment dams (well, we tried). I just got back from paddling some of the upper valley stretch, going upstream and down in late summer flows. I saw no evidence...

Thanks!

Sounds familiar...

I'm trying to remember how long ago I suffered a torn meniscus from a skiing mishap. It was something like 30 years ago, more than five years before i started avidly canoeing, and longer than that before i began kneeling while paddling. The doctor gave me a cortisone shot and advised me that it...

That looks like a great trip! Thanks for sharing.

For where the seat hanger bolt heads have dug in, someone here tought me this... Tape the underside closed, stick a cocktail straw in the hole, and dribble epoxy into the void around the straw until it fills up even with the top of the gunwale. If you warm the epoxy and the gunwale the epoxy...

I'm assuming it hasn't been a nuisance bear for long. Usually around here, that starts when the berry crop fails or a fire drives them into civilized areas. But of course, our bears are used to being hunted, so aren't as likely to be habituated dumpster divers.

Without a taller mast, a backstay is out of the question with that mainsail. Unless you want to change the sail plan to a simple sloop rig, just move the shrouds aft about ten inches.

Black bear meat is quite delicious. Problem solved.

I just got done reading a similar account from a fire in the BW in 2011. Almost word for word description of the oncoming firestorm. Truly frightening. Back in '93, I witnessed a similar firestorm from a safe distance. That was frightening enough, and I'll never forget it. I talked to one of...

I hate using the phone for everything. I've reverted back to carrying a real camera (need a better one) and the Inreach. Both are much more rugged than any phone I would buy. I upgraded to the military grade 66i a while back, and its mapping features work better for me than any of the phone apps...

Me too.

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I'm thinking about putting together a trip there or the Yellowstone next year. Did you use a shuttle service?

Saw that. Maybe something to experiment with. The only time I've even been around something like that being used was when I saw a couple in a rubber raft fighting up-canyon wind on the Snake River. The put a bucket on a line and got more help from the current that way.

That was simply not enough boat for a rescue there.

I figured out I had to relocate my snakes pretty far to keep them from coming back. Had one uniquely deformed that kept reappearing until I delivered it to the refuge five miles away.

Is it okay if I just haze them then? Make scary faces and insult their mothers? (needs a 🤪)