Category: Redoubt

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. The end of an era of informal transnational civility, near Havre, Montana: New reaction as construction of new border road ramps up amid concerns.  JWR’s Comments:  I have an friend who is a rancher on Montana’s High Line, who is also a volunteer firefighter.  He told me that it is not uncommon for firefighters to cut border fences when fighting fires. Wildfires pay no attention to national borders. …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Today’s feature photo is a public domain image of Trout Lake at Yellowstone National Park, taken by “Always Shooting”. It was taken in 2014. The thumbnail image below is click-expandable:       Redoubt News Links Thermopolis Safari Club’s Big Game Trophy Collection To Hit Auction Block. Reported on April 10th: Giant Green Fireball Explodes Over Northeastern Wyoming on Wednesday Night. K2 News: Witness A Wild Wyoming Showdown …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Today’s feature photo: The Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is located 60 miles south of Burns (less than 1 mile south of Frenchglen), in Harney County, Oregon. Frenchglen is named after Pete French, with whom my Shirk family cousins had a well-publicized range war. The northwestern edge of the WSA is adjacent to Oregon State Highway 205. (A public domain photo, courtesy of the BLM.)  The thumbnail …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. The public domain photo above was taken Bonnie Moreland, in Eastern Oregon. Redoubt News Links A video from Our Wyoming Life: Twins Born on the Ranch… But Mom Rejected One. Love birds? Idaho Fish and Game has a livestream just for you. The latest from Destination Rove: It’s Finally Time to Start Rebuilding…+ Easter Jeep Safari. Send Your Media Links Please send your links to media from the …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as the Inland Northwest. The high-resolution thumbnail below is click-expandable. Redoubt News Links: From the hard-left-biased PBS: A Rural Montana Town is Eyed for a 5,000-acre Data Center Campus. Thousands of Californians move to Idaho every year. Who are they? Historic Antlers Ranch In Meeteetse Sells After 131 Years With Same Family. Send Your Media Links Please send your links to media from the American Redoubt region to JWR. Any photos that are …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Redoubt News Links: A fascinating video confirmation of Idaho’s ongoing shift from red to deep red: Is Idaho Turning Into California? HERE’S THE LATEST DATA! Why Is Wyoming Stashing Gold Inside This Old Newspaper Building? Woman Sells Protection Dogs To The Wealthy For $175,000 Each. First nuclear reactor built on DOE land in 50 years unveiled at Idaho National Lab. Send Your Media Links Please send your links …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Redoubt News links Rare sighting of a wolverine hunting in Montana. ‘It’s Carnage’: Wyoming Wind Gusts Up To 109MPH Blow Over Trucks, Rip Off Roofs Ruby Ridge standoff negotiator Bo Gritz dies in Nevada. A new vlog from the Expedition Rove couple in North Idaho: $22,000 Mistake… Send Your Media Links Please send your links to media from the American Redoubt region to JWR. Any photos that are …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest.  Today, a public domain photo of the Palouse Hills at sunset in late summer, by Alejandro Rodriguez.  The thumbnail photo below is click-expandable. Redoubt News Links Another news item to file under “Perps from outside the Redoubt”: Man arrested after backpack explosion at gold mining event at Kootenai County Fairgrounds. Sen. Tim Sheehy Helps Tackle Protester Brian McGinnis – Whose Arm Appears to Snap in Wild Scene. Feds: …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Pictured is a train trestle near Winchester, Idaho, at the edge of the Camas Prairie, Idaho.  (Photo by JWR.) News and Links of Interest: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and partners battle invasive grass on Camas Prairie. Big Sky, Montana was ranked Expedia’s #1 travel destination for 2026. Video: The $Billion Rewilding Agenda Nobody Wants to Admit. Video: We Regretted Selling It…So We Bought It Back — 1980s House with Everything …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Video: They Say 170,000 Elk in Montana: The Wolves and Grizzly Bear Lie And a tokenization threat is described in this video: Foreign Countries are Using Wolves to Buy the American West A new video from a world-traveling North Idaho couple: The Race Against Winter… We Bought a 1980s House with Everything Included — Episode 12. Stolen Ambulance Doused in Gasoline Rammed into Idaho ICE Facility, Suspect Flees. …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest.  This week: Some more backcountry flying videos. “My Window Is Gone” an Adventure in the Oregon/Idaho Backcountry. (Trent Palmer.) These Kodiak 100 Backcountry Landings Are Insane – You Won’t Believe the Strips! Landing at Ryan Field (2MT1) in West Glacier, Montana. And a word of warning: Idaho Pilots: Roland Steadham was “safest pilot”, knew the area and powerlines well. Montana Knife Company nearing finish line on completion of new …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Exploring Dworshak Dam: the biggest dam you’ve probably never heard of. Video: The Owyhees You’ve Never Seen Before.  JWR’s Comments: Part of this video shows the ghost town of Silver City, Idaho. My great-great uncle, Joseph Rawles, shot and killed a man named Sim Oldham in a gunfight there, circa 1865. Over at our friend Patrice’s blog: Record Low Snowpack. Most of Wyoming is on track to have its …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest.  Today, a photo of Stanley Lake and McGown Peak, Idaho, in the heart of the Sawtooth Mountain Range.  (A 2009 public domain photo by Frank Kovalchek.) American Redoubt News Links Idaho Speaker calls Utah’s proposed refinery tax ‘bull manure’, costing Idaho drivers more at the pump. Does BLM Pulling Montana Grazing Leases For Bison Reclassify Them As Wildlife? Past Convictions Catch Up to Cheyenne Man During Traffic Stop. …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest.  There was recently a solar storm that caused a nice Aurora Borealis display in parts of the American Redoubt. We missed seeing it here at the Rawles Ranch, due to local cloud cover. But many other folks in the Redoubt got a real treat. The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       Recent Redoubt News Links Hard Truths About Wyoming Ranching: ‘You Don’t Make Money, You’re Making a …

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. I heard about a company that makes clever detachable magazine conversions for Ruger American rifles, as well as their own AK-family rifles and handguns: Occam Defense Solutions in Moscow, Idaho. Video: Pros and Cons of Living in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Former Spokane Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich announces bid for governor … in Wyoming. JWR’s Comments:  I consider Knezovich an absolute snake in the grass.  He clearly loathes both the …