Water

Pond No. 1 in Boise's Esther Simplot Park closed two weeks ago after finding blue-green algae in the water.

The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation announced Wednesday that treatment of the blue-green algae in Eagle Island State Park will begin immediately.

If your allergies haven't clued you in, or the blossoms on the trees, or maybe even the grass growing turbo-speed in your yard, here's another sure sign of Spring; The irrigation canals are full.

This was the scene at the Boise River (just past the Parkcenter Bridge) on Tuesday afternoon. Starting today, it will look a little different as the flow level increases.

Over the last few months, a number of local ponds had to be closed do to unusually high E. coli levels.  Now, and investigation has completed to understand how it happened.

Oh, the horror when we jump into the Boise River, only to realize the phone is still in our pockets!  And sometimes it falls into the toilet and gets soaked that way. Besides panic, what is the first thing we should do?  This method is the best one to save a wet phone, according to the exp…

Our grandson Emery is a breath of fresh air.  Whenever I'm feeling like a grouch, he can take that feeling away in nano-seconds.  If you are missing summer, here is a video from a couple of years ago.  Emery, or M as I call him, got to hold the water hose for the first time and i…

Our homeless people here in the Treasure Valley are in desperate need of bottled water and sunscreen.   The shelters are closed during the day and they are outside all day and over exposure to the sun and dehydration are a big problem right now.
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Happy Earth Day!  It was nice to feel the rain on my face this morning.  I love a good spring rain as it brings such a sweet, wonderful smell to the air.
So this morning I'm looking out the studio window and I see some gentlemen washing our van...