The Sawtooth National Forest covers 2.1 million acres of amazing mountain scenery, plus around 1,100 lakes and more than ...

The Forest Service’s non-fire staff nationwide is down 28% this year and staffing at Sawtooth National Forest is down 30% compared with last year, said Zach Poff, district ranger in Ketchum ...

The airstrip at Michael Boren’s Hell Roaring Ranch in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho, May 30, 2025. Boren, nominated by President Trump to lead the Forest Service, is accused of ...

Staff cuts have led to Idaho’s Payette National Forest shutting down multiple ranger offices, echoing closures by the Sawtooth National Forest earlier.

In 2015, Mr. Boren bought Hell Roaring Ranch, a 480-acre cattle ranch within the congressionally mandated Sawtooth National Recreation Area, an expanse of panoramic mountain terrain, lakes and ...

He co-founded Boise-based tech company Clearwater Analytics and owns a 480-acre ranch, some of it within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, according to the Idaho Mountain Express.

The U.S. Forest Service has laid off more than 3,400 employees nationwide due to federal cuts, leaving the SNRA with approximately 10 full-time non-firefighting staff to monitor over 750,000 acres ...

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) Following a ...

“Rushing to cut down treasured places like Montana’s Flathead National Forest or Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest without public input or environmental review robs future generations of the chance to ...

Sara Kososik of McCall, Idaho, leads protesters on Feb. 17 in a chant against the mass firing of at least 42 Payette National Forest employees. Max Silverson/The Star-News Support Local Journalism ...

Originally published Nov. 26 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have begun a new project to better understand wolverine populations and demographics within ...

Camping season is winding down and national forest campgrounds are scheduled to close from mid-October through when the snow flies. Closing dates vary throughout the Boise, Payette and Sawtooth ...