The Sawtooth National Recreation Area is known for its scenic views and numerous outdoor opportunities. Whether you’re heading up to the area to enjoy the sights with your family or you’re just ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Bill Platts’ job was to survey dozens of lakes in and around Central Idaho, examining their water quality and the suitability of their fish habitat. One day in August ...

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 ...

On the northern edge of Idaho’s Snake River Plain, one of the most developed landscapes in the state, lies an area that in contrast remains as it has been for thousands of years, a wilderness area ...

Something was happening in the White Clouds, a remote mountain wilderness near the Sawtooth Range. Boyd Norton, then a research physicist at the Idaho National Laboratory, got a call informing him ...