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The Wapiti Fire in the Boise National Forest is only about 10% contained. The same fire is to blame for the recent closure of a 15-mile stretch of Idaho Highway 21, according to previous Statesman ...
PHOTO: Lanny Flaherty, a fired U.S. Forest Service employee, pictured here, protecting the giant redwood trees at the Sequoia National Forest from the September 2021 KNP Complex fires in California.
Location: Ada, Boise, Elmore, Gem, Valley, and Washington counties, Idaho, United States: Nearest city: Boise, Idaho: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 2,203,703 acres (8,918.07 km 2) [2] (proclaimed): Established: July 1, 1908; 116 years ago () [3]: Visitors: 1,180,000 (in 2009) [4]: Governing body: U.S. Forest Service: Website: www.fs.usda.gov /boise: Boise National Forest is a National Forest covering ...
Trinity Mountain is the highest point in the Trinity Mountains, a subrange of the Boise Mountains in Boise National Forest, Idaho with a summit elevation of 9,451 feet (2,881 m). It is located 11.63 miles (18.72 km) from Steel Mountain , its line parent , giving it a prominence of 2,371 feet (723 m). [ 1 ]
Several wildfires are still burning in Central Idaho, including the large and uncontained Wapiti Fire, as well as the Middle Fork Complex, Boulder, Snag, Dollar and Wolf Creek fires.
Grandjean joined the United States Forest Service in 1905 and after two years serving in various forests around Idaho, he was appointed as supervisor of Sawtooth National Forest West. [4] [5]: 199 In 1908 that area was re-designated as Boise National Forest and Grandjean became its first supervisor, a role he served in for 14 years. [4]
Michael Toole with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality said the air quality over Boise as of Thursday afternoon at about 2 p.m. was a 144 reading (orange), which is unhealthy for certain ...
Deadwood Reservoir is a reservoir in the western United States, in Valley County, Idaho.Located in the mountains of the Boise National Forest about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Cascade, the 3,000-acre (12 km 2) body on the Deadwood River is created by Deadwood Dam.