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Pacific Northwest

Idaho's Natural World

Idaho Ground Squirrel (South)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Idaho Ground Squirrel (Southern)
Spermophilus brunneus endemicus

Description: The Pacific Northwest is fortunate in having many different ecosystems and diverse habitats. Discover more about these ecosystems and the wildlife that is found in them.

Resources:

Find out more about Idaho's unique ground squirrels and other wildlife in Idaho

http://species.idaho.gov/list/groundsquirrels.html

http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/wildlife/

About Idaho

Idaho is east of Washington and Oregon. It is a large state with many high mountains. Idaho covers two times zones, runs from Canada to Nevada. It encompasses the western side of the continental divide of the Rocky Mountains. Rivers, mountains and farmland dominate the state's landscape. Major portions of the state's economy are based on the use of natural resources from mining to forestry to agriculture to tourism.

Idaho State Bird and Flower
From Idaho Bluebook [Photo: Bill Mullins] Mountain bluebird (Sialia arctcia )	Gary A. Monroe @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database Syringa ( Philadelphus lewisii )

Regional Resources for Idaho

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Are Idaho's Forests Healthy?
Description: Part 6 of the report entitled "Forest Health Conditions in Idaho" answers the question, "Are Idaho's Forests Healthy?" Conclusions: "The suppression of wildfire has changed the composition of trees in Idaho. The high mortality rates in Idaho's national forests are a result of this shift."
Resource Type: Management Plans and Reports
Resource Format: URL
Publisher: University of Idaho

Assessing the Accuracy of Gap Analysis Predicted Distributions of Idaho Amphibians and Reptiles

Conservation Plan for the Greater Sage-grouse in Idaho

Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Digital Atlas of Idaho: Amphibians

Digital Distribution Map for Dicamptodon aterrimus (Idaho Giant Salamander)

Digital Distribution Map for Plethodon idahoensis (Coeur d'Alene Salamander)

Draft Action Plan for the Potato Tuberworm (Pthorimaea operculella) PTW in Idaho for the 2006 Growing Season

Final Environmental Impact Statement: Southwest Idaho Ecogroup Revision Effort

Geologic Maps of Idaho: Custer County

Global Invasive Species Database - Invasive Species in Idaho

Grasses of Idaho, Key to the

Grizzly Bear Information from the Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation

High Mountain Lake Research Natural Areas in Idaho

Home Page for the Resource Management Plan for the Idaho Bureau of Land Management Coeur d'Alene Field Office

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Project Highlight

Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Credit: Karen Steenhof, USGS

NBII-Great Basin Information Project Photo Catalogue

The Great Basin Information Project provides consolidated and efficient access to information about the Great Basin and the Columbia Plateau Regions of eastern Washington and Oregon, southern Idaho, northern Nevada and Utah, and portions of northeastern California. Three major plant communities grow in the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau: sagebrush, salt desert shrub, and pinyon-juniper woodlands. The Great Basin and Columbia Plateau regions comprise a large area of the western United States, approximately 225,674 sq. miles in size.

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