Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten years ago, with the stroke of a pen, then-President Barack Obama enshrined nearly 300,000 acres of Central Idaho backcountry ...

First protected in 1937 as a "Primitive Area," the rugged Sawtooth Wilderness was officially created by Congress in 1972, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The wilderness features hundreds of ...

STANLEY, Idaho — The Bench Lake Fire continues to burn in the Sawtooth wilderness near Stanley. As of Thursday evening, it had burned 2,037 acres and was 8% contained. Firefighters are set up at an ...

The Sawtooth National Recreation Area is home to more than 300 high-elevation mountain lakes, including this unnamed lake at the base of Thompson Peak. (Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun) Environmental ...

Some of the newest wilderness areas in America are celebrating their 10th anniversary this month thanks to a yearslong bipartisan public lands push that started in Idaho. On Aug. 7. 2015, former ...

People can volunteer for various trail maintenance projects planned across Idaho this summer by the Idaho Trails Association. About 80 projects are scheduled across the state, including many in the ...

KETCHUM, Idaho — This summer marked ten years since a slice of solitude became a protected wilderness area. Conservationists, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson and many other advocates fought for decades ...

Ten years ago, with the stroke of a pen, then-President Barack Obama enshrined nearly 300,000 acres of Central Idaho backcountry as protected wilderness. It was a quiet conclusion to a hard-won ...

Obama designated 300,000 Idaho acres as wilderness in August 2015. Rep. Mike Simpson led a bipartisan effort after years of stalled legislation. New protections may emerge, but require compromise and ...