Salmon-Challis National Forests
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Salmon River, Salmon-Challis National Forest (John Telford/Holiday Expeditions)
Although east-central Idaho's Salmon-Challis sustained some major burns during the fire season of 2000, the forest is big enough to simply swallow the inevitable infernos as an essential means of clearing the forest of dead and shrubby wood. This is wild, untamed country, where wolf packs roam the range and hunt in the 1.3-million-acre region of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness—the second largest wilderness area in the contiguous United States—that lies within the boundaries of Salmon-Challis. Read More »
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Parks Near Salmon-Challis National Forests
- Big Hole National Battlefield,MT (35 mi.)
- Main Salmon River,ID (41 mi.)
- Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area,ID (43 mi.)
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