The life of a conservation officer is never dull. Enforcing wildlife law takes them to the mountains, desert, rivers and forest.

In their positions, they do everything from conducting population counts to working with biologists to catching and relocating wildlife, like alligators, which is exactly what they picked up from one Idaho resident just a few weeks ago.

Matt O'Connell, Southwest Regional Conservation Officer and Josh Royse, Southwest Regional Supervisor join Idaho Matters to talk more about the wandering alligator.

Many artists and creative organizations were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, more than two and half years later these artists and organization are finding their way back to audiences, one such organization is LED.

Lauren Edson, the artistic director of LED and Andrew Stensaas, the creative director join Idaho Matters to talk more about the organization's upcoming performance.

Older folks who can’t find a place to live and adults who can’t take care of themselves are living on the street in Boise. And they are at serious risk of harm or even death.

That’s the scary conclusion of some disturbing reporting from Margaret Carmel, a reporter with BoiseDev.com. She took a deep dive into how Boise's emergency shelters are struggling to care for our growing elderly homeless population. It’s a story that’s very painful to read, but also a story that we need to talk about.

Carmel joins Idaho Matters to talk more about this growing problem.

Half American is a new book written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont. It looks at American history in a whole new light, from the perspective of African Americans who fought in World War II, both abroad and at home.

Delmont joins Idaho Matters to talk more about his new book.

Can city rooftops become a source of food? One professor in our region thinks so – she’s researching how plants grow under rooftop solar panels and the synergy between the two could offer more accessible food for cities.

Meanwhile, more and more buildings are being built with a green roof. Emma VandenEinde of the Mountain West News Bureau reports.

Late at night, in places like Idaho's Bruneau Sand Dunes, adventurers armed with black lights wander around - overturning rocks and peeking into cracks in the dirt.

They’re looking for scorpions, which glow in the dark and this activity is a growing hobby in places like Idaho.

Adare Evans, Aquatic Education State Coordinator with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and writer for Wildlife Express, joins Idaho Matters to tell us more about this hobby and scorpions in Idaho.

A look at what's being spent on Idaho's 2022 elections, North Idaho College will soon vote in three new trustees, an overview of next weeks elections and Albertsons faces pushback on a $4 billion special dividend.

It’s Friday - which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up-to-date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

Our journalist panel today:

Many of our region’s family-owned ranches and farms don’t always have an easy go of it – especially in the off-season. But some are starting to look to agritourism for some supplemental income.

Let’s take a trip to a 600-acre ranch in Wyoming, where the owners have built a corn maze to keep their farm alive.

Every day we see new headlines of the war going on in Ukraine as Russia continues to try and annex the country by force.

Russia has a long history of taking over territory as it has moved eastward, but for many, that’s all it was, history. Until Russia invaded Ukraine this year.

Dr. Megan Dixon joins Idaho Matters to give us a historical perspective on the expansion of Russia and talk a little about what's happening on the ground right now.

An erupting volcano can be quite dramatic, as bright orange lava explodes from the cone and oozes down the sides of the mountain.

But volcanoes also spew out rocks and mud, which can turn into fast-moving mudslides known as lahars. While not as colorful as lava, lahars are quick and deadly — pouring thousands of tons of material with little or no warning for the people who live near them.

A Boise State professor and his team of students have been studying lahars in Guatemala and are working to create an early warning system for these catastrophic events.

Dr. Jeffery Johnson, a Professor of Geophysics along with Ph.D. candidate Ashley Bosa and Master's student Jerry Mock joins Idaho Matters to talk more about their research.