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 ...

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 ...

BOISE (AP) — A draft management plan for two recently created central Idaho wilderness areas prohibits campfires at high elevations to protect whitebark pine and eliminates horses and other ...

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 ...