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Targhee National Forest
Idaho
The Targhee is a National Forest of contrasts. Its 1.8 million acres encompass semi-desert, sagebrush-dotted, arid land; timbered highlands and peaks over 10,000 feet. And don't forget the abundance of streams, lakes, waterfalls, rivers, and two wilderness areas. The Forest is located mostly in Idaho, with a small portion in Wyoming, and borders Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
Targhee lies almost entirely within"the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem," an area of 12 million acres and the largest remaining block of relatively undisturbed plant and animal habitat in the contiguous United States.
Topography ranges from rolling foothills to rugged, glaciated mountain peaks. Although most of the land is dry and semi-arid, 190 stream headwaters situated on the Forest provide varied vegetation to support a multitude of uses. The area has cold, moist winters and hot dry summers. Wide temperature extremes exist, with summer temperatures at lower elevations exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit and winter temperatures at higher elevations dropping to 40 degrees below zero or worse.
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