On Friday, May 26th, despite opposition from over 100 conservation groups and thousands of outdoor enthusiasts, the United States Senate confirmed former Idaho Senator/Governor Dirk Kempthorne as Secretary of the Interior. Brock Evans, President of the Endangered Species Coalition had this to say in regard to Kempthrone’s new position: “The vote to confirm Mr. Kempthorne …read more.

You can now access the blog of the Hot Springs Guy by punching in: http://HotSpringsGuy.com The original blogger address (http://idahohotsprings.blogspot.com/) will continue to function as normal. Happy Soaking!

The IdahoHotSprings.com Website & Webmaster are featured in the March/April 2006 National Geographic Traveler Magazine! The article is titled “Why I Went to Boise” -by Andrew Nelson. Visit the official NGT website

A slew of minor updates and upgrades have been implemented at IdahoHotSprings.com over the course of the last couple weeks. The most significant are highlighted below. 1. New site logo 2. New downloads have been added to the downloads area 3. New merchants have been added to the Soak Shop

Season’s Greeting Soakers Well, another year has just about come and gone. Many soaks were had, new friends were made and much was learned about hot springs and the environment. I think the worst thing that happened (to the environment) this year was the implementation of a new Roadless Rule in May. Read more here …read more.

[originally posted August 2005] Purchasing your gas from companies that don’t import oil from the Mid East will lower the overall cost of gas – only if done in large numbers!Companies that import Middle Eastern oil: Shell………… 205,742,000 barrelsChevron/Texaco……… 144,332,000 barrelsExxon/Mobil…………… 130,082,000 barrelsMarathon/Speedway… 117,740,000 barrelsAmoco…………………….…62,231,000 barrels Companies that don’t: Citgo…………………..0 barrelsSunoco……………….0 barrelsConoco……………….0 barrelsSinclair……………..0 barrelsBP/Phillips……………0 barrelsHess…………….0 …read more.