A proposed project would bring a 393-acre gravel pit to the Star Lane and Sales Yard area of Emmett.
Towards the end of winter, before sunrise, a group of wildlife photographers from Boise, Middleton, and Star line the road along Star Lane, cameras in hand, waiting for the sandhill cranes to fly through.
George Hernandez Jr., a Boise wildlife photographer and photography coach, has been among them since 2018 — making the trek from Boise to document the migration as part of what he calls a major project for himself and the photographers he knows…