Welcome
The
Caribou-Targhee National Forest occupies over 3 million acres
and stretches across southeastern Idaho, from the Montana,
Utah, and Wyoming borders. This Forest is also home to the
Curlew National Grasslands.
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Download
and Print Ranger District Maps - May not be
compatible with Mac computers
Palisades
Ranger District offers maps that you can download
and print off your computer. These maps give you various trail
information.
Download
Dubois Ranger District travel plan maps off
the website and print these colored maps from your printer.
Teton
Basin Ranger District offers maps that you can download
and print off your computer. These maps are very detailed
and give you trail information.
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Motor
Vehicle Use Maps for the Caribou National Forest - May
not be compatible with Mac computers
Montpelier
Ranger District motor vehicle use maps. These maps give
motorized travel regulations.
Soda
Springs Ranger District motor vehicle use map. These maps
give motorized travel regulations.
WestsideRanger
District North motor vehicle use map. These maps give motorized
travel regulations. MORE
WestsideRanger
District South motor vehicle use map. These maps give motorized
travel regulations.
Wildland
Fire Use Fires
Flag Knoll Wildland Fire
Use Event - This fire is located approximately 10 miles southwest
of Swan Valley burning in the Fall Creek area. Click
here for more information regarding this fire.
Willow Wildland Fire Use
Event - This fire is located approximate 12 1/2 miles east from
Henry's Lake and located in the Centenial Range area. Click
here for more information.
Current
Recreation Information
The Forest
began the Recreation Facility Analysis in October 2005 by editing
and updating it's recreation sites database. The recreation niche
for the Forest was defined as "Accessible Adventures"
by compiling information and knowledge from Forest Service recreation
professionals and others. A draft plan was completed, updated and
refined until it was approved by Mary Wagner for the Regional Forester
on October 3, 2007. The Caribou-Targhee
National Forest Recreation Facility Anaylsis provides a
comprehensive look a the management of rereation sites in relation
to the Forest niche.
Proposal
for Fee Increases and New Fees at some Recreation Sites
After
reviewing all current recreation fee sites and facilities and looking
at projected costs to maintain these sites, the Caribou-Targhee
National Forest proposes to increase recreation fees at some of
their fee sites. Click
here for more information.
Look
here for current campground
information. You can rent our rustic
cabins anytime of the year, sun, rain or snow. Enjoy
your stay!
Poisonous
Plants of Southeast Idaho
Many
adults and children become seriously ill by consuming poisonous
plants. sometimes this poisoning is accidental, and sometimes poisoning
is the result of the misidentification or misuse of medicinal herbs.
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest has prepared a brief field guide
to the poisonous plants commonly found in Southeast Idaho. For a
copy of this guide Click
here.
Expanded
Bear Food Storage Order Coming in 2008
Caribou-Targhee
National Forest managers plan to expand the existing food storage
order. The expanded order is intended to reduce adverse human-grizzly
bear interactions, thereby promoting human safety and the protection
of bears and other wildlife species at locations in the Targhee
National Forest.
Proposed
Oil and Gas Leasing
The
Caribou-Targhee National Forest will be conducting an environmental
analysis for oil and gas leasing on the Caribou administrative unit
of the Forest and the Curlew National Grassland in southeast Idaho,
with small areas in northern Utah and western Wyoming. Since the
analysis will likely address controversial issues and alternatives
and could involve significant effects, the analysis will be documented
in an Environmental Impact Statement. For more information, click
here.
Smokey
Canyon Mine Panels F&G Expansion Record of Decision (Forest
Service)
USFS
authorization is required for all off-lease operations related to
mining. The USFS is required to evaluate alternatives for providing
access to existing phosphate leases and issue a decision whether
or not to authorize use of NFS land outside of lease boundaries
and to establish terms and conditions for any Special Use Authorizations
(SUA’s) for haul roads, access roads, power lines and topsoil
stockpiles located outside of the phosphate lease boundaries on
National Forest System Lands (NFS). To view the Record of Decision
click
here.
Smokey
Canyon Mine Panels F&G Expansion Record of Decision (Bureau
of Land Management)
The
BLM is required to evaluate mining proposals and determine whether
and how to authorize mining operations on the phosphate leases.
This includes consideration of the alternative scenarios for operations
within the lease boundaries, and decisions to modify or enlarge
the existing leases to maximize the recovery of available phosphate
ore. To view the Record of Decision click
here.
Raynolds
Pass Prescribed Fire Project
The
Ashton/Island Park Ranger District, in collaboration with the Idaho
Department of Fish and Game, propose to burn around 1,000 acres
between the Kelly Creek and Raynolds Pass area of the Henrys Lake
Mountains. Click
here for more information and to view the Draft Burn
Plan and maps.
Forest
Health Alert - Western Spruce Budworm
Western
spruce budworm populations are once again on the rise. Large areas
of moderate to heavy defoliation of Douglas-fir have been reported
across southeastern Idaho. The last outbreak ended in 1987 after
defoliating millions of trees over more than 20 years.
Grizzly
Bear Habitat Amendment
The
forest supervisors of the six national forests within the Greater
Yellowstone Area signed the Record of Decision to incorporate grizzly
bear habitat standards into forest plans.
The amendment
requires that habitat standards from the Grizzly Bear Conservation
Strategy be incorporated into long-term management of the forests.
Click
here for more information.
Big
Hole Mountain Subsection Summer Travel Management Plan
The
Caribou-Targhee National Forest has completed the Environmental
Assessment for this plan and issued a Final Decision notice signed
on March 17, 2008. No appeals were received and as of May 6th, the
Plan is now in effect. The goal of this plan is to provide and manage
trail opportunities for ATV's, motorcycles, mountain bikes and non-motorized
uses that are safe, environmentally sound, affordable to manage
and maintain, and responsive to public needs. Please Click
here for more information.
Caribou
Travel Plan
The
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be mailed to interested
parties and available on the web page linked below. A Legal Notice
was printed in the Idaho State Journal. Click
here to download final documents and maps.
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