Welcome to another week of Wilderness Wednesday! Today, we’re talking about the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests.
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Lava flows you can see from space?!
Wilderness Wednesday
Craters of the Moon National Monument is one of four national parks in Idaho and consists of over 53,000 acres of “volcanic formations and lava flows on the northern rim of the Snake River Plain in southcentral Idaho.” While the volcanic formations only compose 53,000 acres, the national park is...
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Creatures Great and Small
For this holiday edition of What’s Bugging You, we’re focusing on some of the larger critters and creatures sharing space in our forests. Some of the damage porcupines, bears and cows cause to trees can be found on this page of a Forest Research Photo Album found in our Potlatch...
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Douglas Fir Tussock Moths
What's Bugging You
Today’s post will focus on the Douglas fir tussock moth, a defoliating moth.
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Boise National Forest
Wilderness Wednesday
The Boise National Forest is about 2.6 million acres and is one of the largest national forests in the country.1
“History of the Boise National Forest, 1905-1976,” Boise State Historical Society, Boise, 1983 ↩
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There are three kinds of people...
Funny Friday
According to this illustration in a collection of research materials about WWII, there are three kinds of people…
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winter travel in Idaho
All Girl Band
Historical Student Clubs
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The first appearance of an all-girl band took place in 1943 at a send-off rally for the U of I men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps. Directed by Music Professor Edmund J. Marty, their goal was to amount to ‘99 Gals and a Guy.’ By 1945 an All-Girl Singing Orchestra...
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Moscow, Idaho
Then and Now
2nd Street, looking East from Main Street, Moscow, Idaho, 1896 and today. The prominent building on the corner is part of what was originally known as the Browne Block. Built by Robert S. Browne, this was comprised of two buildings on the Southern half of the block on Main Street...
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Bitterroot National Forest
Wilderness Wednesday
The Bitterroot National Forest covers 1.6 million acres of forest in Idaho and southwest Montana.1 The area is markedly characterized by the Bitteroot Mountain Range, which is a “segment of the northern Rocky mountains” and 300 miles long along the border of Idaho and Montana.2 The highest peak is 11,394...
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