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Salmon-Challis National Forest

  • Western Watersheds Projects files lawsuit to protect bull trout habitat

    Ralph Maughan

    Salmon-Challis National Forest said to not enforce grazing laws- Boise. ID. When you drive or hike into this east central Idaho high country (Idaho’s highest mountains), you would expect to see pristine creeks. On the Salmon-Challis NF, however, one is usually disappointed. The creeks are sacrificed to appease local ranchers with tiny amounts of extra grass…

  • Idaho gets its first big high mountain forest fire of the year

    Ralph Maughan

    Halstead Fire continues 25 year pattern of burning in or near the southern boundary of the Frank- Although Idaho had some large range fires in June, they did not get much attention because they mostly burned rangeland  that was already severely degraded with cheatgrass, BLM-planted crested wheatgrass and related cultivars, and overgrazed.  This is, of…

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