Hot Springs Water Quality in Idaho The question of how ‘safe’ is it to soak in a hot springs in Idaho is a common one. The following techniques will help you discern if that backcountry hot springs you tracked down is relatively safe to qualify. 1. pH strip testing 2. water flow-through and pool size …read more.

The above video clip is from KIVI Channel 6’s ‘Idaho Green Living’ segment; where I took a news crew to a natural hot springs. Here a link to the full story… A special thanks to Lincoln Graves, Cameraman Kevin and KIVI Channel 6 for the hard work and attention to detail. The other local news …read more.

This is it everyone! April 7th is the last day to submit your comments in favor of protecting millions of undeveloped pubic roadless Idaho forests from invasive and destructive drilling, logging and mining development. The Bush Administration and key Idaho Republican political leaders (save for former Governor Risch) have clearly sold out in favor of special …read more.

Phosphate mining and resulting contamination will be revealed to the nation on the PBS documentary series NOW airing this Friday, February 22nd. The program investigates the proposed Idaho Roadless Rule, a Bush administration plan that opens the door for private industry to develop protected land, and examines the relationship between this plan and the phosphate …read more.

If there was ever a time for outdoor enthusiasts of all types to come together for the common good – it is now. The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in Central Idaho Idaho has 9.3 million acres of roadless forests. The largest in the lower 48 by a long-shot, and with development in Alaska approaching, may eventually be …read more.

It doesn’t look good for longtime hot springer hangout soak.net. Updates stopped a few years ago on the static side of the site, leaving the forums members to wonder if their soak seeking community was in jeopardy. Despite the lack of updates, the forums lived on. It wasn’t until about a year ago when the …read more.