I thought I saw a Nixon dirty trick, but it turned out to be the story of a remarkable activist
By Rocky Barker In 2009 I reported on the Watergate connection of Walt Minnick who was then an Idaho Democratic Congressman. Minnick...
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Letters From The West
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May 134 min read
Protecting the Owyhees and the politics of place
I paddle down the East Fork of the Owyhee River By Rocky Barker Copyright 2024 Bruce Babbitt had invited me to fly on his jet to Arco,...
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May 615 min read
How a Republican congressman got a wilderness protected unanimously during the Obama Administration
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson and Idaho Conservation League Director Rick Johnson were sitting in The Mayflower Hotel’s dining room in...
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rbarker773
May 55 min read
This may be the best fly fishing spot near an urban area
If ever a river proved the wisdom of wild trout management it is the South Fork of the Boise River . Here is a place only 60 miles from...
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