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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 ...
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 ]
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]
In the Boise and Payette National Forests, the Lava Fire continues to consume precious public timber resources, amounting to almost 100,000 acres of federal and state-managed land.
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 ...
The Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness is located in six different national forests plus a relatively tiny portion of land of the Bureau of Land Management, more components than any other wilderness. In descending order of acreage they are: [8] Payette National Forest (33.45%) Challis National Forest (21.78%)
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.