Category: Blog
New Lake Cascade Visitor Center
On May 21, 2019 the doors to Lake Cascade State Park's brand new Visitor Center opened to the public. More than 100 people turned out to tour the new Center.The project was a long time coming and boasts many new amenities that guests can enjoy for decades to come!
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Interpretation Internship Opportunities
Interpretation is a communication method that helps visitors connect to the meaning of a place. And no, we don't mean being bilingual and interpreting different languages (albeit, that is a fantastic skill!), but rather, this form of interpretation acts as an interpreter for culture, history, and sc
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A Silent City of Rocks
The walls of the vast, empty concert hall seemed to go on forever. Row after row of vacant seats stare silently at the stage, each holding their breath for the evening to come. Soon, hundreds of people will pour in through every entrance, laughing and conversing before conductor, Julie Sorensen, com
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Idaho City Trail System
Over 56 miles of beautiful forested trails.The Idaho City Area trail system is one of the finest year-round trail systems for non-motorized trail users in the Northwest. The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation has worked cooperatively with the U.S. Forest Service and user groups since 1977 to d
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Long-billed Curlews Return Home
The Long-billed Curlews are returning to their breeding grounds in Idaho once again and they need your help! This charismatic bird species is North America's largest shorebird and relies on grassland habitat for nesting during April, May, and June. Protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and l
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Spring Adventure Ideas
Spring is right around the corner and it's time to start planning those weekend getaways, hiking adventures, and camping trips. Here's a few ideas to get your wheels turning…
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The Historic Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes
Nearly 73 miles of continuously paved trail.The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes winds through both history and beauty as is saunters and turns around the Gem State. Established as a trail and adopted as an Idaho State Park in the early 2000s, the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes has a lengthy past. And now,
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Tammany Creek Restoration Project
Tammany Creek is a stream that runs through part of Hells Gate State Park in Lewiston, Idaho that has operated as a living classroom location since 2014. The creek, while beautiful, has suffered ecological damage, mostly due to improper upstream land uses like removal of riparian vegetation, and nat
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Falling in Love with Nature as Children
This bonding often begins for us as children. Driven by an innate sense of wonder and exploration, we go gallivanting in to the woods to find something that we have never seen before. Nostalgia brings memories of family camping trips and weekend getaways—where the sunset was brighter, the food was
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Idaho-Oregon Snake River Water Trail
Water trails—it's a fluid concept (pun intended). Like other types of trails (pedestrian, equestrian, ATV), water trails are simply corridors connecting recreational destinations. They take you from one point on the map to the next, but by water instead of on land. Also, like other types of trails
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