When it comes to wildflowers, elevation is the key this time of year. Going to higher elevations in Idaho is “like going back in time, to the spring,” said Lynn Kinter, lead botanist with the Idaho ...

A historic late-March snowstorm and an unusually wet and chilly start to the year may have tricked you into thinking it’s still winter in Boise, but we promise that the start of spring has come and ...

Buy some kind of power tool — drill, grinder, plane, saw — and it will come with an instruction manual that explains how to use that tool. Wildflowers also come with an instruction manual that ...

IFORT (Identification of Flora on the Rail Trail) volunteers and others interested in this project are invited to attend the first meeting for 2015 at 7 p.m. Thursday in the community room of the ...

Rubber rabbitbrush has entered the high point of its blooming season, and it is a plant well worth spending some time watching. The recreational pursuit I call “wildflowering” typically involves ...

For the first in a series of summer programs at Rim Country Land Institute, Diana Halvorson will show slides of local wildflowers and lead a walk in the field for identification and exploration. The ...