The Courier
News 2018 Hagerman Bird Festival
Located on the Pacific Flyway, Hagerman Valley’s riparian habitat along the river hosts a variety of neotropical migrants during the spring and summer months. With warmer temperatures, year round open water, a laced network of sheltered ponds and marshes, and plenty of food in the nearby fields, it’s possible to see as many as 100 bird species during the 3-day Festival! Exciting field trips include exploring the new Cassia Crossbill species, viewing raptors, water birds and Sandhill Cranes. This year’s Keynote Speaker is renowned bird sound expert and author of Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds, Nathan Pieplow. Festival Field Trip Hosts will include 18 top birders, as well as resident artist, Randy Smith, and Sarah Harris president of the local Audubon Society chapter. Registration for the 2018 Hagerman Bird Festival is now open, but tickets are limited! Sign up now before the field trips you want are sold out. This year we’re also offering river catamaran and pontoon bird tours that can either be combined with the Festival or experienced by themselves. Tickets are just $99 for the Festival weekend, Friday noon to Sunday afternoon, packed with field trips, owl prowl, vendor exhibits, and a catered dinner. Tickets for just the dinner/keynote are $40, optional Catamaran Bird Tours are $45 and Pontoon Bird Tours are $25, both of which are discounted if purchased with a Festival ticket. Festival net proceeds will help fund the Foundation’s Hagerman Valley Bird Conservancy efforts. At this time, these efforts include establishing additional bird sanctuaries, sponsoring a variety of bird tours and organizing mountain bluebird trail monitoring. Please email HagermanBirdFestival@gmail.com if you are interested in getting involved with us “Birds” in Hagerman Valley!
Public Input Sought on the U.S. 93 corridor
SHOSHONE - The Idaho Transportation Department is conducting a public hearing to propose a change to the approved US-93 corridor plan from Interstate 84 to Idaho Highway 25. ITD is proposing to remove an action from the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) documents requiring the construction of a shared use trail on the west side of US-93. No other changes to the EA and FONSI are being proposed. The public hearing is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. on April 17 at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game District Office, 318 South 417
East in Jerome. The public hearing will be an open-house format with no formal presentation. Displays highlighting the proposed document changes, as well as illustrations of current roadway designs and schedules of projects along US-93 will be available for review. ITD staff will be available to answer questions regarding the proposed change to the EA as well as planned improvements. Additional information is available on ITD’s Web site, or by contacting Project Manager Sam Purcer at (208) 886-7812 or by e-mail at sam. purcer@itd.idaho.gov.
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
April 11, 2018
Vol 42 ~ Num 15
Wendell Drama Club Presents
April 13, 14, 20, & 21
Beauty and the Beast Jr. will be performed at the Wendell High School auditorium for the next two weekends. Show time is 7:30 p.m. each evening. Tickets are $5 per person or $20 per family, available at the door or by calling 208-536-6781. Beauty and the Beast Jr. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theater International. Come and support all the hard work our awesome kids have done in bringing this show to life. The Magic is Real!
Fiddlers of Idaho 2018
The annual State Championship Fiddle Contest will be held this weekend at the Community Campus in Hailey (1050 Fox Acres Road). On Friday, April 13th, the Adult Divisions will compete from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. On Saturday the Youth Divisions will compete from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. There is no charge for admission. Friday evening from 7 to 8:30 there will be a Judges Concert with Louise Steinway, Tim Hodgson, Issac Callender, and 2-time Western Music Association Entertainer of the Year, Kristyn Harris. Kristyn is currently on American Idol as well. Tickets to the Judges Concert are available online at www.FiddlersofIdaho.org. Adults $12, Senors $10, Youth $7 (7-17), and children 6 and under are free (with an adult).