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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 ]
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 ...
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.
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. The river flows south from the dam and is a tributary of the South Fork of the Payette River. The reservoir and vicinity is commonly used for camping, water skiing ...
Thomas L. Tidwell was the 17th Chief of the United States Forest Service (USFS) of the Department of Agriculture, and was appointed on July 17, 2009, succeeding Gail Kimbell. He was succeeded by Tony Tooke , who was sworn in September 1, 2017.
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 ]
Boise National Forest (1 C, 17 P) C. Caribou-Targhee National Forest (16 P) Clearwater National Forest (9 P) I. Idaho Panhandle National Forest (19 P) K.
National forests listed in this column in small text are constituent national forests managed by, but not included in the name of, the named national forest in normal text. To reach the figure of 154 national forests, count hyphenated names as two forests, with the exception of Manti–La Sal, which is the official name of one forest.