Comments on: Seeing Is Believing, A Matter Of Perspective

By: BoiseCitizen

BoiseCitizen — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:10:47 +0000

I see the best urban playground in the country. An area where all users are welcome with some limitations on each group. Where you can hike, bike, motorcycle,ride a horse or just sit and contemplate your navel. I see a forward thinking populace that was willing to step up and be (gasp), taxed, to preserve open space for future generations. I love living in Boise and those beautiful hills are one of the biggest reasons why.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:35:59 +0000

I see most of the land around Boise that is owned by the BLM, State, USFS, Fish and Game and of course the City of Boise.

By: Karen F. Ragland

Karen F. Ragland — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:08:48 +0000

I have gazed at that scene for many points in Boise. I remeber watching the snowline as a child excited to make a snow man; watching the scene turn green in the Spring and excited to finally be able to go swimming; watching the green turn to brown in the heat of the Summer and wondering how many fired would start; finally as a teenager being put out ’cause all the good necking spots were used to build houses. Thank you for helping me remember.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:15:39 +0000

Polly- anywhere on a hill off of 8th Street is in the Foothills no different than those you speak of.

That snow was fabulous at Bogus today. The cold temps kept the crowds away for a great family day of skiing. The farmers definitely should be happy with the water in the coming growing season. The best thing is Idaho Power will not have to raise rates due to a poor winter.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:02:34 +0000

The snow line reminds me just how close I live to having to deal with it via a shovel. Like the view but glad I have the rain.

By: pollypinks

pollypinks — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:01:19 +0000

I lived in a home off 8th st., on a small hill. Vastly different that the year my kids and I walked to the top of Camel’s back hill to watch the fire engulf houses higher up, and it made me mad that our firefighters have to risk their lives for homes that owners know damn good and well are gonna burn baby burn. You know darn well when you build in a certain area how hard it’s going to be to contain a fire, yet you build there anyway, because you have money in your pockets, and you don’t give a rat’s ass about how this can and does affect other people and the environment.

By: Mike Murphy

Mike Murphy — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:48:25 +0000

The Few… The Proud… The Sentient!

The Happiest New Year to You & Yours

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:43:52 +0000

That photo reminds me of powdered sugar on donuts.

“Mmmmmmmmmmmmm… dohhh..nutttssssssss…”
– Homer Simpson

But seriously, Mr. Guardian… it means ALL of those things to me. Water for next summer, recreation, wildlife habitat, AND urban encroachment.

I grew up in a house in one of the very first foothills neighborhoods – Aldape Heights. Those hills are “home.” I suspect I see it differently from more recent arrivers.

When I was a kid, I rode motorcycle on a seemingly-endless matrix of single-track and jeep trails up on those foothills. And to me it seems ironic that they closed and blocked off most of those trails, ostensibly to preserve the landscape from the zoom-zoomin’ Land Rapers, and then turned around and built roads and houses on it.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:45:12 +0000

I see it as one of the few days the air is safe to breath.

By: dog

dog — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:48:56 +0000

With a great snowpack we might not have smoke in the air this summer. Not good for firefighters though. I like seeing the snow stay in the mountains.