{"id":3444,"date":"2016-12-08T08:32:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T15:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:25","slug":"the-50-year-story-of-creating-idahos-new-wilderness-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=3444","title":{"rendered":"The 50-Year Story Of Creating Idaho&#8217;s New Wilderness Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/idahoptv.org\/outdoors\/shows\/beyondthewhiteclouds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3445\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IPTV-WhiteClouds.jpg\" alt=\"iptv-whiteclouds\" width=\"1013\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IPTV-WhiteClouds.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IPTV-WhiteClouds-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IPTV-WhiteClouds-768x586.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe 50-Year Story Of Creating Idaho&#8217;s New Wilderness Area<br \/>\nIdahoPTV\/EarthFix | Dec. 7, 2016 3 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 7, 2016 4:24 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Castle Peak is so hidden from view that you can\u2019t see it from any highway.<\/p>\n<p>But it just might be the most important mountain in Idaho. Castle Peak and the surrounding Boulder-White Cloud Mountains have stirred up fights over mining, recreation and conservation \u2014 fights that have changed the course of political careers, including that of a self-described \u201cDemocratic lumberjack from North Idaho\u201d named Cecil Andrus who became governor after taking a stand over the future of this rugged, mineral-rich wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>And now, a generation later and the efforts of Idaho\u2019s Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson and others, it is part of the Northwest\u2019s newest wilderness area.<\/p>\n<p>The team at<a href=\"http:\/\/idahoptv.org\/outdoors\/\"> Outdoor Idaho<\/a> has the story of the 50-years-in-the-making wilderness designation for a wonderland of peaks, lakes, headwaters and steep, remote forests.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho Public Television calls it \u201csome of the most dazzlingly diverse country in the West, deserving of the gold standard of protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its hour-long Special, the Outdoor Idaho crew visits the three new wilderness areas in the center of Idaho \u2013 the White Clouds, the Hemingway-Boulders, and the Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness \u2013 to tell the fascinating story of how the threat of an open-pit mine eventually led to a unanimous vote for Wilderness in Congress. This program also examines some of the major battles yet to be decided.<\/p>\n<p>The entire hour-long <a href=\"http:\/\/idahoptv.org\/outdoors\/shows\/beyondthewhiteclouds\/\">\u201cBeyond the White Clouds\u201d<\/a>\u00a0program will be available to view here until Dec. 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 50-Year Story Of Creating Idaho&#8217;s New Wilderness Area IdahoPTV\/EarthFix | Dec. 7, 2016 3 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 7, 2016 4:24 p.m. Castle Peak is so hidden from view that you can\u2019t see it from any highway. But it just might be the most important mountain in Idaho. Castle Peak and the surrounding Boulder-White [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3446,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions\/3446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}