Sawtooth National Forest is a federally protected area that covers 2,102,461 acres (850,836 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). A portion of it has been designated as the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, which includes the Sawtooth Wilderness. It is named for the Sawtooth Mountains, one of several mountain ranges in the area, and contains land cover types which include sagebrush steppe, spruce-fir forests, and alpine tundra. There are over 1,100 lakes and 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of rivers and streams. Plants and animals that are found only in the Sawtooth National Forest and adjacent lands include Christ's Indian paintbrush (pictured), Davis' springparsley, the South Hills Crossbill, and the Wood River sculpin. The area that is now Sawtooth National Forest was first occupied by people as early as 8000 BC and by the Shoshone people after 1700 AD. The first European descendants migrating from the eastern United States arrived in the area around the 1820s and founded many of the current towns around what later became the forest. Facilities are offered for various recreation activities including skiing, boating, hunting, camping, and walking.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawtooth_National_Forest
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1176:
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: The Lombard League defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire in Legnano, Lombardy, present-day Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Legnano
1780:
American Revolutionary War: A mainly Loyalist force rejected the Continental Army troops' surrender and continued killing the Patriot soldiers, including men who were not resisting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waxhaws
1914:
The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River after colliding with the Storstad, killing 1,012 on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland
1954:
The first annual Bilderberg Group meeting of leaders from European countries and the United States took place in Oosterbeek, Netherlands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Group
1985:
A wall at Brussels' Heysel Stadium collapsed under the pressure of football fans escaping a riot before the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus, killing 39 people and injuring over 600 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
apothegm: A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apothegm
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 The one thing that can never be told is the last notion of the President, for his notions grow like a tropical forest. So in case you don't know, I'd better tell you that he is carrying out his notion of concealing ourselves by not concealing ourselves to the most extraordinary lengths just now. … He said that if you didn't seem to be hiding nobody hunted you out. Well, he is the only man on earth, I know; but sometimes I really think that his huge brain is going a little mad in its old age. For now we flaunt ourselves before the public. … They say we are a lot of jolly gentlemen who pretend they are anarchists. --The Man Who Was Thursday https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday