Eventhough we're all itching to get into our swimsuits and hit the beach, you're going to have to wait a little longer on Hayden Lake. The City has moved back opening day for Honeysuckle Beach to June 18th. It says the water level is just too high and the temperature is just too cold to open up any earlier. Starting June 18th, lifeguards will staff the beach from 11 in the morning to 6 at night.

If you're a boater, you can expect to pay a fee to launch at Honeysuckle.

I received this in my email inbox today and think it is something that should be shared. I am a big fan of recycling and think that any time someone offers you an incentive it is not a bad thing:

One of the largest forests in the Inland Northwest is growing Indoors.  More than one million trees are under one roof alone at the US Forest Service's Coeur d'Alene Nursery.    The Nursery grows tree, shrub and grass seedlings for national forests in North Idaho, Montana and North Dakota.  "We lose trees in the forest from fire, insect, disease and harvest," Nursery Superintendent Joe Myers said.   "We want to reestablish that vegetation."  The Coeur d'Alene Nursery has supplied more than 700 million seedlings in the past